right
adj
1 equitable, ethical, fair, good, honest, honourable, just, lawful, moral, proper, righteous, true, upright, virtuous
2 accurate, admissible, authentic, correct, exact, factual, genuine, on the money (U.S.) precise, satisfactory, sound, spot-on (Brit. informal) true, unerring, valid, veracious
3 advantageous, appropriate, becoming, comme il faut, convenient, deserved, desirable, done, due, favourable, fit, fitting, ideal, opportune, proper, propitious, rightful, seemly, suitable
4 all there (informal) balanced, compos mentis, fine, fit, healthy, in good health, in the pink, lucid, normal, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, unimpaired, up to par, well
5 conservative, reactionary, Tory
6 absolute, complete, out-and-out, outright, pure, real, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter
adv
7 accurately, aright, correctly, exactly, factually, genuinely, precisely, truly
8 appropriately, aptly, befittingly, fittingly, properly, satisfactorily, suitably
9 directly, immediately, instantly, promptly, quickly, straight, straightaway, without delay
10 bang, exactly, precisely, slap-bang (informal) squarely
11 absolutely, all the way, altogether, completely, entirely, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly
12 ethically, fairly, honestly, honourably, justly, morally, properly, righteously, virtuously
13 advantageously, beneficially, favourably, for the better, fortunately, to advantage, well
n
14 authority, business, claim, due, freedom, interest, liberty, licence, permission, power, prerogative, privilege, title
15 equity, good, goodness, honour, integrity, justice, lawfulness, legality, morality, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, truth, uprightness, virtue
16 by rights equitably, in fairness, justly, properly
17 to rights arranged, in order, straight, tidy
vb
18 compensate for, correct, fix, put right, rectify, redress, repair, settle, set upright, sort out, straighten, vindicate
Antonyms
, adj
1 bad, dishonest, immoral, improper, indecent, unethical, unfair, unjust, wrong
2 counterfeit, erroneous, fake, false, fraudulent, illegal, illicit, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, mistaken, questionable, uncertain, unlawful, untruthful, wrong
3 disadvantageous, inappropriate, inconvenient, undesirable, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong
5 left, leftist, left-wing, liberal, radical, right-on (informal) socialist
adv
7 inaccurately, incorrectly
9 incompletely, indirectly, slowly
13 badly, poorly, unfavourably
n
15 badness, dishonour, evil, immorality, impropriety
vb
all right
adj
1 acceptable, adequate, average, fair, O.K. or okay (informal) passable, satisfactory, so-so (informal) standard, unobjectionable, up to scratch (informal)
2 hale, healthy, out of the woods, safe, sound, unharmed, unimpaired, uninjured, well, whole
adv
3 acceptably, adequately, O.K. or okay (informal) passably, satisfactorily, unobjectionably, well enough
Antonyms
, adj
1 bad, inadequate, not good enough, not up to scratch (informal) objectionable, poor, unacceptable, unsatisfactory
2 ailing, bad, ill, injured, off colour, out of sorts, poorly, sick, sickly, unhealthy, unwell
right away
at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, posthaste, promptly, pronto (informal) right off, straightaway, straight off (informal) this instant, without delay, without hesitation
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
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1] ( rights 3rd person present) ( righting present participle) ( righted past tense & past participle ) (CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE)
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1 adj If something is right , it is correct and agrees with the facts.
(=correct) (Antonym: wrong)
That’s absolutely right…, Clocks never told the right time…, The barman tells me you saw Ann on Tuesday morning. Is that right?
Right is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
He guessed right about some things.
♦
rightly adv ADV after v
She attended one meeting only, if I remember rightly.
2 adj If you do something in the right way or in the right place, you do it as or where it should be done or was planned to be done.
usu ADJ n
(=correct) (Antonym: wrong)
Walking, done in the right way, is a form of aerobic exercise…, The chocolate is then melted down to exactly the right temperature.
Right is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
(=correctly)
To make sure I did everything right, I bought a fat instruction book.
3 adj If you say that someone is seen in all theright places or knows all theright people, you mean that they go to places which are socially acceptable or know people who are socially acceptable.
usu ADJ n (Antonym: wrong)
He was always to be seen in the right places…
4 adj If someone is right about something, they are correct in what they say or think about it. , (Antonym: wrong)
Ron has been right about the result of every General Election but one…
♦
rightly adv
He rightly assumed that the boy was hiding.
5 adj If something such as a choice, action, or decision is the right one, it is the best or most suitable one. , (Antonym: wrong)
She’d made the right choice in leaving New York…, The right decision was made, but probably for the wrong reasons…
♦
rightly adv ADV with v
She hoped she’d decided rightly.
6 adj If something is notright , there is something unsatisfactory about the situation or thing that you are talking about.
v-link ADJ, with brd-neg (Antonym: wrong)
Ratatouille doesn’t taste right with any other oil…
7 adj If you think that someone was right to do something, you think that there were good moral reasons why they did it.
v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf (Antonym: wrong)
You were right to do what you did, under the circumstances…
♦
rightly adv ADV before v, ADV with cl
The crowd screamed for a penalty but the referee rightly ignored them…
8 adj Right is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally good and acceptable.
v-link ADJ, oft with brd-neg (Antonym: wrong)
It’s not right, leaving her like this…
Right is also a noun., n-uncount
At least he knew right from wrong.
♦
rightness n-uncount usu N of n
Many people have very strong opinions about the rightness or wrongness of abortion.
9 verb If you right something or if it rightsitself, it returns to its normal or correct state, after being in an undesirable state.
They recognise the urgency of righting the economy… V n
Your eyesight rights itself very quickly. V pron-refl
10 verb If you right a wrong, you do something to make up for a mistake or something bad that you did in the past.
(=rectify)
We’ve made progress in righting the wrongs of the past… V n
11 verb If you right something that has fallen or rolled over, or if it rightsitself, it returns to its normal upright position.
He righted the yacht and continued the race… V n
The helicopter turned at an awful angle before righting itself. V pron-refl
12 adj The right side of a material is the side that is intended to be seen and that faces outwards when it is made into something.
ADJ n (Antonym: wrong)
13 If you say that things are going right, you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it.
♦
to go right phrase V inflects
I can’t think of anything in my life that’s going right…
14 If someone has behaved in a way which is morally or legally right, you can say that they are in the right. You usually use this expression when the person is involved in an argument or dispute.
♦
in the right phrase usu v-link PHR (Antonym: in the wrong)
She wasn’t entirely in the right…
15 If you put something right , you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
♦
to put sth right phrase V inflects
We’ve discovered what’s gone wrong and are going to put it right.
16
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- immediately
- right off the bat
- straightaway
- without delay
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How to use right away in a sentence
I had no idea of going back to Benton right away, and sitting around Fort Walsh waiting for something to turn up was not my taste.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
She’s going to have her currant jell’ made right away, even whilst the currants are half green.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
Then I’ll ride right away down to the Landing and get old Joe warmed up to the subject.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
I have wanted him to do it absolutely on his own, and I could not emphasize this better than by coming right away to Mudros.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
That was why, when he had gone, I went right away from you, and asked you not to write to me; I wanted to think it all out—alone.
FIRST PLAYSA. A. MILNE
«We’ll have something to eat right away, old fellow,» said Henry, thankful it was no worse.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
Let me give you an open cheque for two hundred—five hundred—pounds right away.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKING
I have a private sitting-room here, and my tailor would be only too glad to come here right away.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKING
As we lay there, unable to go to sleep right away, we heard jungle sounds.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJI
But few of the Cave-men ever thought of making anything they did not need right away.
THE LATER CAVE-MENKATHARINE ELIZABETH DOPP
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO RIGHT AWAY
- at present
- directly
- forthwith
- presently
- pronto
- right away
- right now
- straightaway
- anon
- at once
- contiguously
- dead
- due
- first off
- forthwith
- immediately
- in a second
- instantaneously
- instanter
- instantly
- presently
- promptly
- pronto
- quickly
- right away
- shortly
- speedily
- straight off
- straightaway
- at once
- betimes
- directly
- first
- freshly
- in a jiffy
- in an instant
- in no time
- instantaneously
- instantly
- newly
- presto
- primitively
- promptly
- recently
- right away
- seasonably
- soon
- straightaway
- summarily
- thereon
- thereupon
- timely
- without delay
- abruptly
- at once
- away
- directly
- instantly
- now
- quickly
- right away
- right now
- straightaway
- suddenly
- tout de suite
- without delay
- at once
- in a trice
- in a wink
- in an instance
- momentarily
- momently
- right away
- very soon
- at once
- directly
- immediately
- pronto
- quickly
- right away
- spontaneously
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abruptly, at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, en.synonym.one, instantaneously, instantly, now, promptly, without delay, at once, directly, instantly, now, without delay, en.synonym.one, in a flash, like a shot, outright, straight off, straightaway, en.synonym.one, tout de suite.
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[ ɹˈa͡ɪt ɐwˈe͡ɪ], [ ɹˈaɪt ɐwˈeɪ], [ ɹ_ˈaɪ_t ɐ_w_ˈeɪ]
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adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- time,
- immediately.
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a. & adv.
• Other relevant words: (adjective, adverb)
- tout de suite.
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adv
• currently (adverb)
- at present.
• early (adverb)
- thereon,
- in an instant,
- in a jiffy,
- primitively,
- seasonably,
- in no time.
• in a moment (adverb)
- in an instance,
- in a trice.
• now (adverb)
- any more,
- this day,
- today,
- at this moment,
- just now,
- currently,
- like now,
- nowadays,
- at the moment,
- at this time,
- these days.
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- unhesitatingly,
- straight away,
- facilely,
- straight off,
- on the dot,
- instantaneously,
- at drop of hat,
- forthwith,
- contiguously,
- Straightly,
- punctually,
- straightaway,
- there and then,
- straight,
- at once,
- early,
- directly,
- promptly,
- in a wink,
- without demur,
- like a shot,
- Instanter,
- quick as a wink,
- at the drop of a hat,
- in a moment,
- right now,
- undeviatingly,
- no sweat,
- this minute,
- Lickety Split,
- slick as whistle,
- fleetly,
- in a second,
- without difficulty,
- now,
- double-time,
- without hesitation.
• straight (adverb)
- pointblank,
- in direct line,
- straightforwardly,
- lineally.
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adv.
• all (adverb)
- right away.
• at once (adverb)
- right off the bat,
- without delay.
• directly (adverb)
- in second,
- speedily.
• early (adverb)
- soonest,
- freshly.
• in a moment (adverb)
- very soon,
- momently.
• instantly (adverb)
- on a dime,
- there then,
- on dime,
- doubletime,
- in flash,
- spontaneously.
• now (adverb)
- in nothing flat.
• promptly (adverb)
- on dot,
- expeditiously,
- lickety-split,
- like shot,
- licketysplit,
- flatout,
- un-hesitatingly,
- un hesitatingly,
- post haste.
• punctually (adverb)
- sharply,
- swiftly,
- quickly,
- precisely.
• readily (adverb)
- at the drop hat,
- swimmingly,
- at drop of a hat,
- nothing to it,
- at the drop of hat,
- piece cake,
- gladly,
- quick as wink,
- nothing it,
- at the drop a hat,
- at drop hat,
- at drop a hat,
- lightly.
• straight (adverb)
- point blank,
- as crow flies.
• tout de suite (adverb)
- nowest,
- nower,
- in wink.
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n.
• in real time (noun)
- in real time.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- right off,
- straightway.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:
- instantly.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- Subito,
- all together,
- prompt,
- like greased lightning,
- all at once,
- flatly,
- like lightning,
- point-blank,
- at one blow,
- at one jump,
- hurriedly,
- asap,
- explicitly,
- at a blow,
- hastily,
- first off,
- in short order,
- smartly,
- once,
- right,
- soon,
- unqualifiedly,
- this instant,
- decisively,
- p.d.q.,
- chop-chop,
- at one stroke,
- in a minute,
- at full tilt,
- flat,
- double-quick,
- outright,
- shortly,
- on the double,
- uncompromisingly,
- apace,
- summarily,
- instant,
- at one swoop,
- readily,
- suddenly,
- momentarily,
- simultaneously,
- unmitigatedly,
- in two shakes,
- PDQ,
- abruptly,
- pronto,
- nail,
- in a hurry,
- post-haste,
- away,
- in a beeline,
- on the nail,
- precipitately,
- in a flash,
- per saltum,
- at one time,
- as soon as,
- forthright,
- quick,
- rapidly,
- categorically,
- in haste,
- bluntly,
- at a stroke.
How to use «Right away» in context?
The phrase «right away» is often associated with urgency. For example, if you need to get a pizza delivered right away, the pizza place might say «right away.» If you want to reserve a table for dinner right away, the restaurant might say «right away.» People also use «right away» to mean «now,» as in «Can we order right away?» «It’s time to go right away.»
The phrase can also connote that a decision should be made quickly, without taking the time to consider all the options or gather more information.
Homophones for Right away:
- roughcast, request, res gestae, rheostat, react, reach out, regatta, rasta, rickety, resid, rugged, resuscitate, rossetti, reseed, restate, rogue state, regicide, rusted, reside, Rico Act, requite, racket, reset, ragged, recode, roget, rhizoid, resuscitated, rye ergot, rested, requested, russet, rose-cheeked, ragweed, roast, rosewood, reshoot, reseat, resect, recto, rough-cut, rig out, raised, rigged, roquette, ricotta, richweed, right-eyed, rosy-cheeked, rigout, rock-steady, rag day, Rasht, rare-roasted, roughshod, rosita, risotto, rachet, rouged, rockweed, racist, reseda, rust, rosidae, rejected, rectitude, roost, recast, roasted, rush out, recite, rough out, rushed, rackety, rough cut, roseate, residue, recessed, right, recede, rau-sed, rosette, Resht, ricochet, razed, rigidity, rocket, rest day, rushdie, racquet, rescued, ragout, requisite, rest, rajidae, reject, rigid, resist, requiescat, restitute, rusty.
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