Right

adjective further right · farther right · more right · righter · furthest right · farthest right

1. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: → Near-synonym: starboard
2. Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation. The road up ahead contains a right bend.
3. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below. That's not the right thing to do.
4. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose. Is this the right software for my computer?
5. Healthy, sane, competent. I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
6. Real; veritable (used emphatically). You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
7. Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines. The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
8. Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. a right triangle   a right prism   a right cone
9. Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river. The Louvre Museum is on the right bank of the Seine.
10. Designed to be placed or worn outward. the right side of a piece of cloth   Begin this stitch on the right side.
11. Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
12. Australia All right; not requiring assistance. Kirsty: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? Ken: No. I'm right, thanks.
13. dated Most favourable or convenient; fortunate. The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
14. archaic Straight, not bent. a right line
15. Of or relating to the right whale. In the course of the day we saw several large whales of the right species, and innumerable flights of the albatross passed over the vessel.

adverb

1. not comparable On the right side.
2. not comparable Towards the right side.
3. not comparable Exactly, precisely. The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
4. not comparable Immediately, directly. Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
5. UK, US, dialectal, not comparable Very, extremely, quite. I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
6. UK, US, dated, dialectal, not comparable To a great extent or degree. Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
7. not comparable According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
8. not comparable In a correct or proper manner. Do it right or don't do it at all.

Similar: just, precisely, smack-dab, in truth, ever so

interjection

1. Yes, that is correct; I agree. Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead. Gene Hunt: So I'm right. Sam Tyler: We both are. Gene Hunt: Right. Sam Tyler:
2. I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion). Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead. Gene Hunt: So I'm right. Sam Tyler: We both are. Gene Hunt: Right. Sam Tyler:
3. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse. — After that interview, I don't think we should hire her. — Right. Who wants lunch?
4. Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof. You're going, right?
5. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement. Withnail: Right […] I'm gonna do the washing up.

noun rights

1. That which complies with justice, law or reason. We're on the side of right in this contest.
2. A legal, just or moral entitlement. You have no right to go through my personal diary.
3. The right side or direction. The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
4. The right hand or fist. "Before he could strike again, however, I got in my right, and he was sprawling on his back on the floor."
5. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
6. The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group. The political right holds too much power.
7. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. Simple cross-stitch, with a space between each stitch, may be worked in two rows, in which case the completed stitch on the wrong sides alternates with that on the right.
8. A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

verb rights · righting · righted

1. transitive To correct. Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
2. transitive To set upright. The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
3. intransitive To return to normal upright position. When the wind died down, the ship righted.
4. transitive To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. to right the oppressed

proper noun the Right · right

1. The political right wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual right-wing political party. Many earnest consumers on the Right feel so legitimately embattled by the nonstop streaming feed of hate speech and psyoppery directed at them that they think they have no choice but to reconfigure their artistic sensibilities accordingly.