right
- adjective
- /raɪt/
- You must feel that this is the only right verdict in this case.
- do the right thing
- right and wrong
- morally right
So, you know, do what's right for you mentally.
- So, you know, do what's right for you mentally.
- To seek such things is neither right nor wrong.
- It's, it's only right that the same thing occurs.
- OK, now doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's OK.
- And you need to do what's right for you and your child.
Examples
-
But the lawyer-statesman must ask what is right as well as what is legal.
Academic text (2017) -
Elders were elders because they knew what was right and what was wrong.
-
Leadership, do the right thing even when it's hard.
-
And he was right to do so, right to do so.
-
Therefore, experience is key to understanding what is right and what is wrong.
Academic text (2011) -
And Drew, trying to do the right thing, went to try to break the fight up.
Academic text (2015) -
It's always right to do what's right, whatever that is.
-
TQM is a commitment to doing the right thing and doing it right the first time.
Academic text (1990) -
Therefore, a sense of urgency in pursuing the right nutritional program is emerging.
Academic text (2008) -
It's always important to choose what is right and just, even when it is difficult.
Synonyms
Concerned with ideas of right and wrong in people's actions
Allowed by law or fair rules
Suitable and correct for a particular situation or use
Suitable for a particular situation or purpose
Following rules about what is right and wrong in people's actions
Acting in a morally good way that people see as fair
Fair and morally right
Having a good reason for an action or feeling
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A punishment that someone deserves because of their own wrong actions
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
Compounds
- Formal
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
- Formal
Freedom from other people entering your personal life without permission
- Formal
A right for someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer, including a free one if they cannot pay
- Literature
A political group in the United States that wants laws to follow conservative religious beliefs
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
- Specialized
Part of the brain that controls the left side of the body and helps with creativity and understanding space
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
- Formal
A right under the law to be left alone and not have personal matters made public
A very large whale with baleen that lives in cold coastal waters and is endangered
- Specialized
An object's eastward angle along the sky's equator used to find its position, shown in hours
- Specialized
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
- Specialized
The top right part of the heart that receives blood without oxygen from the body
- Specialized
The lower part of the heart on the right that pumps blood to the lungs
- Specialized
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
A baseball player who throws the ball to the batter with their right hand
- Formal
A legal and moral claim to be free from unfair arrest and official control
A political idea that kings get their power from God and are not controlled by their people
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the right side of the heart
- Formal
A married person's legal claim to live with and be close to their partner
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
Permission for a prisoner to have private visits with their spouse for sex
- Literature
A country or organization that strongly supports democracy and freedom worldwide
- Specialized
A valve with three flaps between the right upper and lower chambers of the heart that stops blood flowing backward
- Formal
A choice a surviving spouse makes to take either what the will gives or the legal share of the estate
- Formal
The only right to be the first to make a work public and sell it
How Just
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right comes from the old English word riht meaning 'just' or 'proper', so it grew to mean what is morally good or fair.