right
     adj 1: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
            "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the
            right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right
            decision" [syn: {correct}] [ant: {incorrect}, {incorrect}]
     2: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body
        to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right
        center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a
        river is the bank on your right side when you are facing
        downstream" [ant: {left}]
     3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the
        party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: {correct}]
     4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the
        right thing and confess" [ant: {wrong}]
     5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
        [syn: {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
     6: appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its
        proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not
        suitable for the position" [syn: {proper}, {suitable}]
     7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant:
         {left}, {center}]
     8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again
        now"; "put things right"
     9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: {right(a)},
         {right-hand(a)}]
     10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
         "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
         oysters" [syn: {correct}]
     11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
     12: of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward;
         "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be
         sure your shirt is right side out" [syn: {right(a)}]
     13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
         time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the
         time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: {good},
          {ripe}]
     n 1: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or
          governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they
          are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
          Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the
          government but must be kept in the hands of the people"-
          Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that
          somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take
          away"
     2: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom
        in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
     3: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the
        side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he
        stood on the right" [ant: {left}]
     4: a turn to the right; "take a right at the corner"
     5: those who support political or social or economic
        conservatism; those who believe that things are better
        left unchanged [syn: {right wing}]
     6: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he
        is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: {rightfulness}]
        [ant: {wrong}, {wrong}]
     7: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes
        with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him
        with quick rights to the body" [syn: {right hand}]
     8: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
        [syn: {right field}]
     adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
     2: immediately; "she called right after dinner"
     3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {flop}]
     4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked
        right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: {left}]
     5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
        you carry me decent?" [syn: {properly}, {decently}, {decent},
         {in good order}, {the right way}] [ant: {improperly}]
     6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: {right on}]
     7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into
        the trap"
     8: (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty
        cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that
        boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"
        [syn: {mighty}, {powerful}]
     9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves
        him right"; "do right by him" [syn: {justly}]
     10: in a correct manner; "he guessed right" [syn: {correctly}, {aright}]
         [ant: {incorrectly}, {incorrectly}]
     v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
          victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {compensate}, {redress},
           {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
     2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the
        sailboat that had capsized"
     3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat
        righted again"
     4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
        calculation" [syn: {correct}, {rectify}] [ant: {falsify}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0