Synonyms of right

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noun

1

as in privilege

something to which one has a just claim

everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• privilege
• prerogative
• birthright
• call
• due
• entitlement
• appanage
• pretense
• pretension
• dibs
• perquisite

2

as in claim

an entitlement to something

what right do you have to tell us what to do?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• claim
• title
• call
• pretense
• privilege
• refusal
• prerogative
• pretension
• dibs
• birthright
• favor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waiver
• release
• disclaimer
• quitclaim

3

as in justice

the practice of giving to others what is their due

activists who have fought all their lives for right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• justice
• equity
• goodness
• fair shake
• fairness
• virtue
• integrity
• impartiality
• equitableness
• equitability
• righteousness
• evenhandedness
• fair-mindedness
• honor
• uprightness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• injustice
• bias
• prejudice
• inequity
• partiality
• raw deal
• unfairness
• crime
• corruption
• wrongfulness
• harm
• offense
• wrongdoing
• impropriety
• one-sidedness
• unjustness
• disservice

right

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adjective

ˈrīt 

1

as in true

following an original exactly

a modern replica of an 18th-century British warship that is right in all of its details

Synonyms & Similar Words

• true
• accurate
• exact
• authentic
• careful
• precise
• faithful
• strict
• realistic
• real
• meticulous
• genuine
• authoritative
• conscientious
• veracious
• bona fide
• scrupulous
• lifelike
• punctilious
• veridical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• false
• loose
• corrupt
• inaccurate
• wrong
• unfaithful
• careless
• off
• slack
• imprecise
• erroneous
• inexact
• corrupted
• incorrect
• inauthentic
• invalid
• untrue
• unsound
• slovenly
• slipshod
• untruthful

2

as in real

being exactly as appears or as claimed

despite the name, New York's East River is a strait and not a right river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• true
• real
• genuine
• authentic
• honest
• original
• for real
• actual
• bona fide
• unmistakable
• certified
• historical
• certifiable
• sure-enough
• legal
• legitimate
• pure
• very
• lawful
• identifiable
• dinkum
• correct
• pukka
• echt
• accurate
• proper
• recognizable
• unquestionable
• proven
• indisputable
• incontestable
• undeniable
• validated
• verifiable
• incontrovertible
• indubitable
• irrefutable
• undoubted
• veritable
• substantiated
• verified
• unadulterated
• unalloyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• false
• unreal
• fake
• bogus
• artificial
• mock
• phony
• spurious
• sham
• unnatural
• counterfeit
• supposititious
• pseudo
• imitation
• unauthentic
• synthetic
• simulated
• suppositious
• factitious
• manufactured
• misleading
• deceptive
• fabricated
• man-made
• delusive
• concocted
• delusory

3

as in correct

being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard

the obvious answer is not always the right one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correct
• accurate
• true
• good
• proper
• exact
• so
• precise
• logical
• dead-on
• valid
• perfect
• legitimate
• on the money
• spot-on
• bang on
• sound
• on-target
• veracious
• on target
• flawless
• impeccable
• infallible
• faultless
• rigorous
• strict
• letter-perfect
• stringent
• inerrant
• errorless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• off
• improper
• false
• incorrect
• inaccurate
• untrue
• defective
• imperfect
• inexact
• faulty
• flawed

4

as in deserved

being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong

trying to do what is right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserved
• justified
• rightful
• legal
• proper
• appropriate
• due
• competent
• suitable
• just
• legitimate
• fair
• correct
• warranted
• condign
• merited
• meet
• fitting
• lawful
• applicable
• requisite
• apt
• strict
• fit
• equitable
• true
• accurate
• square
• impartial
• stringent
• uncompromising
• rhadamanthine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfair
• unjust
• undue
• irrelevant
• unwarranted
• unjustified
• incorrect
• unreasonable
• improper
• inappropriate
• partial
• undeserved
• unsuitable
• unequal
• incoherent
• unjustifiable
• inapplicable
• indefensible
• arbitrary
• biased
• inequitable
• unmerited
• irrelative
• unlawful
• despotic
• inapposite
• inapt
• illegitimate

5

as in honorable

conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue

a right woman who did not hang around waterfront bars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honorable
• ethical
• true
• nice
• good
• honest
• moral
• decent
• straight
• just
• all right
• worthy
• correct
• upright
• righteous
• virtuous
• noble
• proper
• respected
• right-minded
• legitimate
• innocent
• pure
• principled
• exemplary
• decorous
• seemly
• clean
• commendable
• creditable
• reputable
• unobjectionable
• immaculate
• esteemed
• guiltless
• blameless
• unerring
• irreproachable
• spotless
• angelic
• scrupulous
• high-minded
• moralistic
• inoffensive
• incorruptible
• sanctimonious
• upstanding
• law-abiding
• uncorrupted
• lily-white
• rectitudinous
• menschy
• incorrupt
• self-righteous
• pharisaical
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• bad
• evil
• wicked
• immoral
• improper
• sinful
• incorrect
• unethical
• dishonest
• indecent
• dishonorable
• unseemly
• unrighteous
• naughty
• corrupt
• unbecoming
• perverted
• degenerate
• indecorous
• depraved
• unscrupulous
• base
• mean
• low
• dissolute
• unprincipled
• debased
• infamous
• debauched
• atrocious
• villainous
• objectionable
• vicious
• offensive
• vile
• libertine
• evil-minded
• blameworthy
• reprobate
• nefarious
• fallen
• iniquitous
• errant
• erring

6

as in linear

free from irregularities or digressions in course

the first city in America laid out with broad, right avenues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• linear
• direct
• straight
• straightforward
• straightaway
• unbent
• untwisted
• unswerving
• undeviating
• uncurled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rounded
• twisted
• twisting
• turning
• bowed
• turned
• warped
• curved
• winding
• curled
• spiral
• wavy
• curving
• bending
• kinked
• spiraling
• coiled
• swirled
• entwined
• twined
• looping
• looped
• curling
• veering
• coiling
• serpentine
• weaving
• crooked
• twining
• sinuous
• devious
• corkscrew
• zigzag
• meandering
• zigzagging

7

as in normal

having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions

he hasn't been right since he suffered serious brain injury in the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normal
• rational
• stable
• reasonable
• lucid
• logical
• balanced
• sane
• healthy
• sensible
• compos mentis
• clear
• wise
• clearheaded
• sound
• analytic
• coherent
• judicious
• levelheaded
• even-keeled
• well-balanced
• unneurotic
• well-adjusted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mad
• insane
• unbalanced
• off
• unsound
• mental
• maniacal
• demented
• crazy
• strange
• loopy
• crazed
• delirious
• odd
• deranged
• aberrant
• daft
• loco
• disturbed
• disordered
• delusional
• eccentric
• unreasonable
• foolish
• irrational
• queer
• unhinged
• oddball
• batty
• dotty
• senseless
• brainsick
• nuclear
• depressed
• witless
• pixilated
• potty
• bananas
• hysterical
• distracted
• delusionary
• frantic
• mixed-up
• ballistic
• distraught
• despondent
• frenzied
• berserk
• ape
• obsessed
• fixated
• monomaniacal
• raving
• wigged-out
• amok
• monomaniac

8

as in appropriate

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

the right tool for the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appropriate
• suitable
• proper
• fitting
• fit
• good
• fitted
• happy
• pretty
• in order
• meet
• applicable
• adequate
• apt
• needed
• becoming
• acceptable
• balanced
• felicitous
• required
• deserved
• befitting
• able
• correct
• just
• satisfactory
• justified
• decent
• capable
• requisite
• rightful
• competent
• qualified
• decorous
• trained
• serviceable
• tolerable
• respectable
• condign
• kosher
• cut out
• consonant
• harmonious
• pitch-perfect
• congruous
• seemly
• companionate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• improper
• inappropriate
• unhappy
• unsuitable
• unfit
• inapplicable
• incongruous
• unseemly
• incapable
• indecent
• incompetent
• unbecoming
• unfitting
• inadequate
• inapposite
• inapt
• unqualified
• unacceptable
• unskilled
• untrained
• unsatisfactory
• intolerable
• inept
• infelicitous
• inexpert
• unapt
• unskillful
• unmeet
• unbeseeming
• incorrect
• misbecoming
• malapropos
• incompatible
• indecorous
• uncongenial
• graceless

right

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adverb

1

as in just

as stated or indicated without the slightest difference

stay right where you are

Synonyms & Similar Words

• just
• precisely
• exactly
• sharp
• squarely
• full
• due
• smack-dab
• on the nose
• on the button

2

as in straight

in a direct line or course

walk right over here now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• straight
• directly
• direct
• dead
• due
• as the crow flies
• straightway
• plumb
• plump

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indirectly
• circuitously
• deviously
• veeringly

3

as in very

to a great degree

a right beautiful day we're having!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• damn
• extremely
• too
• damned
• terribly
• incredibly
• so
• badly
• far
• really
• desperately
• that
• highly
• seriously
• severely
• full
• real
• most
• way
• much
• especially
• jolly
• super
• wildly
• greatly
• absolutely
• heavily
• intensely
• particularly
• such
• fiercely
• mighty
• totally
• good and
• extra
• exceptionally
• completely
• bone
• awfully
• wicked
• passing
• awful
• specially
• sore
• vitally
• fantastically
• immensely
• dang
• roaring
• fabulously
• cracking
• entirely
• supremely
• uncommonly
• exceedingly
• almighty
• frightfully
• hugely
• utterly
• rattling
• a lot
• deadly
• whacking
• thumping
• thoroughly
• sorely
• ever
• remarkably
• corking
• enormously
• eminently
• positively
• mortally
• deeply
• spanking
• monstrous
• vastly
• mightily
• achingly
• beastly
• surpassingly
• wholly
• significantly
• archly
• majorly
• colossally
• filthy
• stinking
• fully
• roaringly
• as all get-out
• considerably
• blisteringly
• obviously
• substantially
• unco
• noticeably
• radically
• profoundly
• purely
• visibly
• downright
• flat-out
• altogether
• extensively
• notably
• markedly
• plainly
• palpably
• appreciably
• abundantly
• plentifully
• discernibly
• excessively
• amazingly
• obscenely
• monumentally
• astronomically
• overmuch
• astonishingly
• grandly
• staggeringly
• monstrously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• hardly
• barely
• scarcely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

4

as in immediately

without delay

we'll leave right after dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immediately
• promptly
• now
• instantly
• directly
• away
• quickly
• right off
• right now
• shortly
• bang
• straightaway
• soon
• right away
• suddenly
• off the bat
• straight off
• instantaneously
• in no time
• at once
• forthwith
• on the spot
• on the double
• headlong
• incontinently
• straightway
• plumb
• presently
• freely
• pronto
• on a dime
• rapidly
• swiftly
• abruptly
• instanter
• PDQ
• quick
• momentarily
• fast
• readily
• briskly
• speedily
• unexpectedly
• swift
• hastily
• apace
• presto
• recklessly
• exactly
• impulsively
• rashly
• full tilt
• opportunely
• anon
• impetuously
• seasonably
• fleetly
• punctually
• posthaste
• snappily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowly
• late
• tardily

5

as in correctly

in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose

you're not dressed right for an interview with a big-time law firm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correctly
• properly
• appropriately
• happily
• rightly
• duly
• well
• suitably
• fittingly
• adequately
• acceptably
• congruously
• appositely
• meetly
• satisfactorily
• tolerably
• decently
• passably
• decorously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrongly
• incorrectly
• improperly
• inappropriately
• incongruously
• unfortunately
• unsuitably
• unacceptably
• unsatisfactorily
• unseemly
• inopportunely
• unseasonably
• irrelevantly
• awkwardly
• inaptly
• ungracefully
• inappositely

right

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verb

as in to better

Related Words

• better
• redress
• improve
• perfect
• shorten
• correct
• ameliorate
• cut
• revise
• rewrite
• blue-pencil
• remedy
• redraw
• rectify
• amend
• polish
• rework
• adjust
• change
• regulate
• repair
• reform
• alter
• modify
• redraft
• debug
• modulate
• restyle
• touch up
• red-pencil
• emend
• mend
• fix

Dissimilar Words

• hurt
• harm
• impair
• damage
• injure
• spoil
• mar
• aggravate
• worsen

Synonym Chooser

How is the word right different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of right are accurate, correct, exact, nice, and precise. While all these words mean "conforming to fact, standard, or truth," right is close to correct but has a stronger positive emphasis on conformity to fact or truth rather than mere absence of error or fault.

the right thing to do

In what contexts can accurate take the place of right?

While in some cases nearly identical to right, accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care.

an accurate description

When is it sensible to use correct instead of right?

The synonyms correct and right are sometimes interchangeable, but correct usually implies freedom from fault or error.

correct answers

socially correct dress

When might exact be a better fit than right?

In some situations, the words exact and right are roughly equivalent. However, exact stresses a very strict agreement with fact, standard, or truth.

exact measurements

When could nice be used to replace right?

While the synonyms nice and right are close in meaning, nice stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination.

makes nice distinctions

How are the words precise and exact related as synonyms of right?

Precise adds to exact an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation.

precise calibration

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of right

Noun

In his role at Paradigm Sports Group, Dexter advised leagues, teams, athletes, and entertainment properties on media rights, content development, and franchise expansion. —Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 June 2026

In dual-use aviation, long-term advantage will depend not only on technical performance, but on who controls the architecture, the learning, the operational data and the rights around them. —Greg Ombach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Adjective

This person has codependency in his relationship and friendships, right? —Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026

Ruiz had a one-out single and Wood followed with his 16th homer — a 417-foot line-drive to right center for a 3-0 lead in the fifth. —ABC News, 31 May 2026

Adverb

The team integrated spintronic devices right onto a silicon chip by combining semiconductor and spintronics manufacturing techniques in both Japan and the US. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

This is the current drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia, right after a data center was constructed, the Meta data center was constructed. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 June 2026

Verb

While Marner avoided an abysmal 2025-26 season, the Leafs are expected to use the first-overall pick in the upcoming draft on Penn State star Gavin McKenna, the kind of player who should be able to help right the ship in a hurry. —Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026

With Roberts, who has been at the helm of this club for eleven seasons, there was never any worry or doubt that the team would right the ship and start hitting. —Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

Phrases Containing right

• all right
• right away
• right now
• right off