RIGHT
What does "RIGHT" mean?
Morally good, correct, or true; also the side or direction opposite to left.
Meanings
- Correct, accurate, or true. You were right about the shortcut after all.
- Morally good or just. Doing the right thing cost him the promotion.
- Relating to the side of the body that is to the east when facing north. Take the right fork at the bottom of the hill.
- A moral or legal entitlement to do or have something. Free speech is a constitutional right.
- Directly or exactly; also, immediately. Put it right there and come back right now. informal
Did you know?
- In many languages the word for 'right' (the direction) also means 'correct' or 'just', while words tied to 'left' often carry negative shades - English 'sinister' literally meant 'on the left side' in Latin.
Word origin
From Old English 'riht', meaning straight, just, or correct, from a Proto-Indo-European root '*reg-' (to move in a straight line, to direct) - the same root behind 'regal', 'rule', and 'correct'.
Remember it
RIGHT shares its straight-line root with 'rule' and 'regal' - what is right runs straight, like a king's road.
A little poem
One word means true, and one means not-the-left;
the tongue keeps both, and trusts us with the cleft.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told him to turn right and that he was right to do so. He turned, and was both at once.
What it teaches
Being right and going right are different roads; the hard turn is usually the moral one.
Quick facts
What does RIGHT mean?
Morally good, correct, or true; also the side or direction opposite to left.
Is RIGHT a valid word?
Yes — RIGHT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RIGHT?
RIGHT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does RIGHT come from?
From Old English 'riht', meaning straight, just, or correct, from a Proto-Indo-European root '*reg-' (to move in a straight line, to direct) - the same root behind 'regal', 'rule', and 'correct'.
What can RIGHT teach us?
Being right and going right are different roads; the hard turn is usually the moral one.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.