OTHER WORDS FOR right
OPPOSITES FOR right
4 inappropriate, inapt, unapt, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong; incongruous, infelicitous.
21 inequity, unfairness.
44 inappropriately, unsuitably.
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Idioms about right
Origin of right
First recorded before 900; (noun and adjective) Middle English; Old English reht, riht; cognate with Dutch, German recht, Old Norse rēttr, Gothic raihts; akin to Latin rēctus, Old Irish recht “law,” Greek orektós “upright”; (verb) Middle English righten, Old English rihtan, cognate with Old Frisian riuchta, German richten, Old Norse rētta; (adverb) Middle English; Old English rihte
usage note for right
47. Right in the sense of “very, extremely” is either archaic or dialectal. It is most common in informal speech and writing: It's right cold this morning. The editor knew right well where the story had originated.
OTHER WORDS FROM right
right·a·ble, adjectivehalf-right, adjective, nounun·right·a·ble, adjectiveun·right·ed, adjectiveWords nearby right
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British Dictionary definitions for right
Derived forms of right
righter, nounWord Origin for right
Old English riht, reoht; related to Old High German reht, Gothic raihts, Latin rēctus
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