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Synonyms of the word 
RIGHT → ABSTRACT - ABSTRACTION - ACCURATE - ALTER - APPROPRIATE - ARIGHT - CHANGE - COMPENSATE - CONSERVATIVE - CORRECT - CORRECTLY - DECENT - DECENTLY - ETHICAL - EXACT - FACTION - FAR - FAR-RIGHT - FLOP - GOOD - HAND - HONORABLE - HONOURABLE - INTEREST - JUST - JUSTICE - JUSTLY - JUSTNESS - LETTER-PERFECT - MANUS - MIGHTY - MITT - MODIFY - MORAL - OPPORTUNE - OUTSIDE - PARCEL - PAW - PERPENDICULAR - PLACE - POSITION - POWERFUL - PRECISE - PROPER - PROPERLY - REACTIONARY - REACTIONIST - RECTIFY - REDRESS - REVERSE - RIGHT-HAND - RIGHT-HANDED - RIGHT-MINDED - RIGHT-WING - RIGHTFULNESS - RIGHTISH - RIGHTIST - RIGHTMOST - RIPE - SATISFACTORY - SECT - STAKE - STARBOARD - STRAIGHT - SUITABLE - SUITED - TRACT - TRUE - TURN - TURNING - WORD-PERFECTright- adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
- adj. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two…
- adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
- adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
- adj. Real; veritable.
- adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
- adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points…
- adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- adv. On the right side.
- adv. Towards the right side.
- interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
- interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
- interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- n. A legal or moral entitlement.
- n. The right side or direction.
- n. The right hand.
- n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- v. To correct.
- v. To set upright.
- v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
- v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- adv. Exactly, precisely.
- adv. Immediately, directly.
- adv. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
- adv. In a correct manner.
- adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
abstract- n. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- n. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- n. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- n. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- n. (art) An abstract work of art.
- n. (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of…
- adj. (obsolete) Derived; extracted.
- adj. (now rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
- adj. Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.
- adj. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general,…
- adj. Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- adj. (archaic) Absent-minded.
- adj. (art) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships…
- adj. Insufficiently factual.
- adj. Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- adj. (grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- adj. (computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than…
- v. (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- v. (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- v. (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
- v. (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically;…
- v. (intransitive, reflexive, literally figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- v. (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- v. (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- v. (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- v. (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used…
abstraction- n. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken…
- n. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- n. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics;…
- n. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the…
- n. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- n. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- n. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational…
- n. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- n. An idea of an unrealistic or visionary nature.
- n. The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the results of said process.
- n. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so,…
- n. (computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality…
- n. (computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
accurate- adj. In exact or careful conformity to truth; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; which gives truthful…
- adj. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- adj. (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
alter- v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- v. (intransitive) To become different.
- v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
appropriate- adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
- adj. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
- adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially…
- v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
- v. (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
- v. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all…
- v. (transitive, Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation,…
aright- adv. Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
- v. (transitive) To make right; put right; arrange or treat properly.
change- v. (intransitive) To become something different.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- v. (transitive) To replace.
- v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
- v. (archaic) To exchange.
- v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
- n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
- n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
- n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
- n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
compensate- v. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- v. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy;…
- v. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
conservative- n. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- n. (US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
- n. (US, politics) A political conservative.
- n. (US, social sciences) A social conservative.
- adj. Cautious.
- adj. Tending to resist change or innovation.
- adj. Based on pessimistic assumptions.
- adj. (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social…
- adj. (Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
- adj. (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
- adj. Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
- adj. (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
- adj. (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish,…
correct- adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
- adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
- v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
- v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
- v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
correctly- adv. In a correct manner.
decent- adj. (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
- adj. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other…
- adj. (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
- adj. Fair; good enough; okay.
- adj. Significant; substantial.
- adj. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
decently- adv. In a decent manner.
- adv. To a reasonable or acceptable degree.
ethical- adj. (philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics.
- adj. (not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some…
- adj. (comparable) Morally approvable; good.
- adj. (of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.
- n. An ethical drug.
exact- adj. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor…
- adj. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- adj. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- adj. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism…
- v. (transitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
- v. (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- v. (transitive) To forcibly obtain or produce.
- adv. exactly.
faction- n. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion…
- n. Strife; discord.
- n. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact…
far- adj. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) Distant.
- adj. Remote in space.
- adj. Remote in time.
- adj. Long.
- adj. More remote or longer of two.
- adj. Extreme.
- adj. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
- adj. (computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- adv. Distant in space, time or degree.
- adv. To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
- adv. (with a comparative) Very much.
- n. Spelt (type of wheat).
- n. A young pig, or a litter of pigs.
far-right- adj. (politics) Extremely right-wing.
flop- v. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- v. To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- v. (sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer).
- v. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise…
- v. (poker, transitive) To participate in the flop, thus building one's hand with the first community cards.
- v. (slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- n. An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
- n. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- n. (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- n. A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
- adv. Right, squarely, flat-out.
- adv. With a flopping sound.
- n. (computing) A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.
good- adj. (of people).
- adj. (of capabilities).
- adj. (of properties and qualities).
- adj. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
- adj. Holy (especially when capitalized).
- adj. (of quantities).
- interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
- adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
- n. (uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and…
- n. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
- n. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes…
- n. (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
- v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
hand- n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other…
- n. (heading) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
- n. (heading) In linear measurement.
- n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special…
- n. An instance of helping.
- n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- n. A person's autograph or signature.
- n. Personal possession; ownership.
- n. (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
- n. (heading) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
- n. Applause.
- n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar,…
- n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
- n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of…
- n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
- n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
- n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
- v. (transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- v. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
- v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.
honorable- adj. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
- adj. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) Misspelling of honourable.
honourable- adj. (Britain, Canada) Alternative form of honorable.
- adj. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) A courtesy title applied to a cabinet minister, minister of state,…
interest- n. (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in…
- n. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
- n. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
- n. (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other…
- n. (countable) Something one is interested in.
- n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
- n. (usually in the plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
- v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person…
- v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
- v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.
just- adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
- adj. Rationally right, correct.
- adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
- adj. Proper, adequate.
- adv. Only, simply, merely.
- adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
- adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone.
- adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
- adv. (degree) absolutely, positively.
- adv. Moments ago, recently.
- adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
- adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
- n. A joust, tournament.
- v. To joust, fight a tournament.
justice- n. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- n. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- n. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- n. The civil power dealing with law.
- n. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.
- n. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
justly- adv. In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
- adv. With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
- adv. (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
justness- n. the state of being just; fairness.
letter-perfect- adj. Exactly correct, correct in every letter.
manus- n. (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in…
- n. (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.
mighty- n. Influential, powerful beings.
- n. (obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage.
- adj. Very strong; possessing might.
- adj. Very heavy and powerful.
- adj. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
- adj. (informal) Excellent, extremely good.
- adv. (colloquial) Very; to a high degree.
mitt- n. A mitten.
- n. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
- n. (informal, especially in plural) A hand.
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
moral- adj. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- adj. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical…
- adj. Capable of right and wrong action.
- adj. Probable but not proved.
- adj. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
- n. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
- n. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
- n. (obsolete) A morality play.
opportune- adj. Suitable for some particular purpose.
- adj. At a convenient or advantageous time.
outside- n. The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- n. The external appearance of something.
- n. The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- n. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- n. (dated, Britain, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- adj. Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- adj. (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- adj. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.
- adv. Outdoors.
- prep. On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
- prep. Near, but not in.
- prep. (usually with “of”) Except, apart from.
parcel- n. A package wrapped for shipment.
- n. An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- n. A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- n. (obsolete) A group of birds.
- n. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- n. A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- n. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- v. To wrap something up into the form of a package.
- v. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
- v. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
- v. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
- adv. (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
paw- n. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable…
- n. (humorous) A hand.
- v. (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
- v. (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
- v. (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
- v. (by extension, of a human) To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.
- v. (by extension, of a human) To clumsily dig through something.
- n. (nonstandard or rural) Father; pa.
perpendicular- adj. (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to).
- n. (geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
- n. A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
place- n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
- n. A location or position in space.
- n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
- n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
- n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
- n. A frame of mind.
- n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
- n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
- n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
- n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
- v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
- v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
- v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
- v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
- v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
position- n. A place or location.
- n. A post of employment; a job.
- n. A status or rank.
- n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
- n. A posture.
- n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
- n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
- n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- v. To put into place.
powerful- adj. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
- adj. (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
precise- adj. Exact, accurate.
- adj. (sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This…
- v. (used by non-native speakers or in jargons, transitive) To make or render precise.
proper- adj. (heading) Suitable.
- adj. (heading) Possessed, related.
- adj. (heading) Accurate, strictly applied.
- adv. (Scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely.
- adv. (nonstandard, slang) properly.
properly- adv. in a proper manner.
- adv. (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner.
reactionary- adj. Politically favoring a return to a supposed golden age of the past.
- adj. (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, participating in or inducing a chemical reaction.
- n. One who is opposed to change.
- n. One who is very conservative.
reactionist- adj. reactionary.
- n. reactionary.
rectify- v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body).
- v. (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
- v. (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
- v. (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- v. (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
- v. (transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken).
- v. (transitive, geodesy, now historical) To adjust (a globe) in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed…
- v. (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
- v. (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky,…
redress- v. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
- v. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- v. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To put upright again; to restore.
- n. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- n. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification;…
- n. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- v. To dress again.
- v. (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- n. (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
reverse- adj. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- adj. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- adj. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- adj. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- adj. (botany) Reversed.
- adj. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- adv. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
- n. The opposite of something.
- n. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- n. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- n. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- n. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- n. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- n. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- n. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- v. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
- v. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- v. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- v. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
- v. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- v. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- v. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- v. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
- v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- v. To overthrow; to subvert.
right-hand- adj. of, relating to, or located on the right.
- adj. designed for use by the right hand.
- adj. in the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread).
right-handed- adj. Using their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, their left.
- adj. (not comparable) Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
- adj. (not comparable) Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.
- adj. (physics) Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.
- n. Right-handed people, taken as a whole.
right-minded- adj. Sane, clear thinking.
- adj. Decent, morally upright; in moral agreement with a position.
right-wing- adj. (politics)Political ideologies opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional…
rightfulness- n. The state or quality of being rightful.
rightish- adj. Somewhat correct.
- adj. In a direction roughly to the right.
- adj. Towards the political right.
rightist- n. One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
- n. (in combination) One who supports the rights of a specified group.
rightmost- adj. Furthest to the right.
ripe- adj. (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature;.
- adj. (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
- adj. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- adj. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- adj. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- adj. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- adj. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
- adj. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by…
- adj. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
- n. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
- v. To ripen or mature.
- n. The bank of a river.
satisfactory- adj. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
sect- n. An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious…
- n. A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
- n. (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
stake- n. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven…
- n. A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer,…
- n. (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
- n. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
- n. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- n. A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths,…
- n. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical…
- v. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
- v. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
- v. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
- v. (transitive) To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business…
starboard- n. The right hand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Starboard does…
- n. (nautical) One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.
- v. (nautical, transitive) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel.
straight- adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
- adj. Figurative uses.
- adj. Colloquial uses.
- adj. (sciences, mathematics) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course…
- adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
- v. (transitive) To straighten.
suitable- adj. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
suited- v. simple past tense and past participle of suit.
- adj. (poker, of two or more cards) Of the same suit.
tract- n. An area or expanse.
- n. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
- n. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- n. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- n. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- n. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent.
- n. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used…
- n. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
- n. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
- n. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
- n. (obsolete) Track; trace.
- n. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
- v. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
- v. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.
true- adj. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
- adj. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- adj. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
- adj. Loyal, faithful.
- adj. Genuine.
- adj. Legitimate.
- adj. (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
- adj. (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
- adv. (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
- n. Truth.
- n. The state of being in alignment.
- v. To straighten.
- v. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
turn- v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
- v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
- v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
- v. (archaic) To translate.
- n. A change of direction or orientation.
- n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
- n. A single loop of a coil.
- n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
- n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
- n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
- n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
- n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
- n. A deed done to another.
- n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- n. Character; personality; nature.
- n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.
turning- n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
- n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
- n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
- n. The act of turning.
- n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
- v. present participle of turn.
word-perfect- adj. (Britain, theater) Having memorized one's lines perfectly.
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