right: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of right
- copyright«Word Popularity Bar5/5
copyright
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
right of first publication.
- verb secure a copyright on a written work
- did you copyright your manuscript?
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
- upright5/5
upright
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
vertical.
- the ball sailed between the uprights
- noun a piano with a vertical sounding board
upright piano.
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- bright5/5
bright
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
- adjective satellite having striking color
brilliant; vivid.
- bright dress
- brilliant tapestries
- a bird with vivid plumage
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- wright5/5
wright
- noun someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
- noun United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Willard Huntington Wright; S. S. Van Dine.
- noun someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
- alright4/5
alright
- adjective satellite nonstandard usage
- adverb without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
all right.
- it's expensive all right
- adjective satellite nonstandard usage
- downright4/5
downright
- adjective satellite characterized by plain blunt honesty
- a downright answer
- a downright kind of person
- adjective satellite complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
sheer; rank; right-down; out-and-out; absolute.
- absolute freedom
- an absolute dimwit
- a downright lie
- out-and-out mayhem
- an out-and-out lie
- a rank outsider
- many right-down vices
- got the job through sheer persistence
- sheer stupidity
- adjective satellite characterized by plain blunt honesty
- outright4/5
outright
- adjective satellite without reservation or exception
unlimited; straight-out.
- adverb without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
- buy outright
- adjective satellite without reservation or exception
- playwright4/5
playwright
- noun someone who writes plays
dramatist.
- noun someone who writes plays
- fright4/5
fright
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
fear; fearfulness.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- aright3/5
aright
- adverb in an accurate manner
right; correctly.
- the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
- he guessed right
- adverb in an accurate manner
- birthright3/5
birthright
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- free public education is the birthright of every American child
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
patrimony.
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- forthright3/5
forthright
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
frank; straight-from-the-shoulder; outspoken; point-blank; candid; plainspoken; blunt; free-spoken.
- blunt talking and straight shooting
- a blunt New England farmer
- I gave them my candid opinion
- forthright criticism
- a forthright approach to the problem
- tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
- it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
- plainspoken and to the point
- a point-blank accusation
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
squarely; forthrightly.
- to face a problem squarely
- the responsibility lies squarely with them
- spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- fulbright3/5
fulbright
- noun United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
James William Fulbright; William Fulbright.
- noun United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
- cartwright3/5
cartwright
- noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Edmund Cartwright.
- noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- wainwright3/5
wainwright
- noun a wagon maker
wagonwright; waggonwright.
- noun a wagon maker
- affright2/5
affright
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror; panic.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- wheelwright2/5
wheelwright
- noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
wheeler.
- noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
- shipwright2/5
shipwright
- noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
shipbuilder; ship builder.
- noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- enright2/5
- arkwright2/5
arkwright
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- boatwright2/5
- millwright1/5
millwright
- noun a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
- noun a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
- kirkcudbright1/5
kirkcudbright
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- eyebright1/5
eyebright
(Bot.) A small annual plant ( Euphrasia officinalis ), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.
- starbright1/5
- headright1/5
headright
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- spright1/5
spright
Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. Obs. "The high heroic spright." Spenser.Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser.
- housewright1/5
housewright
A builder of houses.
- overbright1/5
- ultraright1/5
- sunbright1/5
Suffixes of right
- rights«Word Popularity Bar5/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- 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
- noun 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
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- rightly5/5
rightly
- adverb with honesty
justly; justifiedly.
- he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time
- adverb with honesty
- righteousness5/5
righteousness
- noun adhering to moral principles
- noun adhering to moral principles
- righteous5/5
righteous
- adjective characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
- the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16
- adjective satellite morally justified
- righteous indignation
- adjective characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
- rightful4/5
rightful
- adjective satellite legally valid
- a rightful inheritance
- adjective satellite having a legally established claim
true; lawful.
- the legitimate heir
- the true and lawful king
- adjective satellite legally valid
- rightness3/5
rightness
- noun according with conscience or morality
- noun appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
appropriateness.
- noun according with conscience or morality
- rightfully3/5
rightfully
- adverb by right
truly.
- baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime
- adverb by right
- righting2/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- 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
- noun 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
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- rightist2/5
rightist
- noun a member of a right wing political party
right-winger.
- adjective satellite believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
right-wing.
- noun a member of a right wing political party
- righted2/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- 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
- noun 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
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- rightmost2/5
rightmost
- adjective satellite farthest to the right
- in the rightmost line of traffic
- adjective satellite farthest to the right
- rightists2/5
rightist
- noun a member of a right wing political party
right-winger.
- adjective satellite believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
right-wing.
- noun a member of a right wing political party
- righter2/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- 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
- noun 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
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- righteously2/5
righteously
- adverb in a righteous manner
- righteously indignant
- adverb in a righteous manner
- rightward2/5
rightward
Toward the right. Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.
- righthand2/5
righthand
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- righthanded2/5
righthanded
Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
- rightfulness1/5
rightfulness
- noun anything in accord with principles of justice
right.
- he feels he is in the right
- the rightfulness of his claim
- noun anything in accord with principles of justice
- rightfield1/5
rightfield
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
right field; right.
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
right field.
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- rightest1/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- 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
- noun 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
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- righteousnesses1/5
righteousness
- noun adhering to moral principles
- noun adhering to moral principles
- rightism1/5
rightism
- noun the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right
- noun the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right
- righthander1/5
righthander
- noun a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
right-hander; right hander.
- noun a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
- righty1/5
righty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rightsizing1/5
rightsizing
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- righto1/5
righto
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rightwards1/5
rightward
Toward the right. Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.
- righters1/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- 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
- noun 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
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- righties1/5
- rightless1/5
rightless
Destitute of right. Sylvester.
Derived words of right
- frightened«Word Popularity Bar5/5
frightened
- adjective satellite made afraid
scared.
- the frightened child cowered in the corner
- too shocked and scared to move
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- adjective satellite made afraid
- copyrighted4/5
copyrighted
- adjective satellite (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright
- permission to publish copyright material
- verb secure a copyright on a written work
copyright.
- did you copyright your manuscript?
- adjective satellite (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright
- brightness4/5
brightness
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
cleverness; smartness.
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- brighter4/5
bright
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
- adjective satellite having striking color
brilliant; vivid.
- bright dress
- brilliant tapestries
- a bird with vivid plumage
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- brightest4/5
bright
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
- adjective satellite having striking color
brilliant; vivid.
- bright dress
- brilliant tapestries
- a bird with vivid plumage
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- frightful4/5
frightful
- adjective satellite provoking horror
ugly; horrifying; atrocious; horrible.
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
- adjective satellite extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
awful; terrible; tremendous.
- in a frightful hurry
- spent a frightful amount of money
- adjective satellite provoking horror
- frightening4/5
frightening
- noun the act of inspiring with fear
terrorisation; terrorization.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun the act of inspiring with fear
- brighton4/5
brighton
- noun a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex
- noun a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex
- frighten4/5
frighten
- verb cause fear in
scare; fright; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- verb drive out by frightening
- verb cause fear in
- brightly4/5
brightly
- adverb with brightness
bright; brilliantly.
- the stars shone brilliantly
- the windows glowed jewel bright
- adverb with brightness
- brightened3/5
brighten
- verb make lighter or brighter
lighten; lighten up.
- The paint will brighten the room
- verb become clear
clear up; clear; light up.
- The sky cleared after the storm
- verb make lighter or brighter
- copyrights3/5
copyright
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
right of first publication.
- verb secure a copyright on a written work
- did you copyright your manuscript?
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
- brighten3/5
brighten
- verb make lighter or brighter
lighten; lighten up.
- The paint will brighten the room
- verb become clear
clear up; clear; light up.
- The sky cleared after the storm
- verb make lighter or brighter
- brightening3/5
brighten
- verb make lighter or brighter
lighten; lighten up.
- The paint will brighten the room
- verb become clear
clear up; clear; light up.
- The sky cleared after the storm
- verb make lighter or brighter
- playwrights3/5
playwright
- noun someone who writes plays
dramatist.
- noun someone who writes plays
- brightens2/5
brighten
- verb make lighter or brighter
lighten; lighten up.
- The paint will brighten the room
- verb become clear
clear up; clear; light up.
- The sky cleared after the storm
- verb make lighter or brighter
- uprightness2/5
uprightness
- noun the property of being upright in posture
erectness.
- noun position at right angles to the horizon
erectness; verticality; verticalness.
- noun the property of being upright in posture
- uprightly2/5
uprightly
- adverb in an honorable manner
honorably.
- he acted honorably
- adverb in an upright position
- adverb in an honorable manner
- unrighteous2/5
unrighteous
- adjective not righteous
- an unrighteous man
- an unrighteous law
- adjective not righteous
- unrighteousness2/5
unrighteousness
- noun failure to adhere to moral principles
- forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness
- noun failure to adhere to moral principles
- uprights2/5
upright
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
vertical.
- the ball sailed between the uprights
- noun a piano with a vertical sounding board
upright piano.
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- forthrightness2/5
forthrightness
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; candour; directness; frankness.
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- sprightly2/5
sprightly
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- a sprightly young girl
- a sprightly dance
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- frightens2/5
frighten
- verb cause fear in
scare; fright; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- verb drive out by frightening
- verb cause fear in
- wrights2/5
wright
- noun United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Willard Huntington Wright; S. S. Van Dine.
- noun United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
Richard Wright.
- noun United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
- forthrightly2/5
forthrightly
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
squarely; forthright.
- to face a problem squarely
- the responsibility lies squarely with them
- spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
- frighteningly2/5
frighteningly
- adverb in an alarming manner
scarily.
- the disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true
- adverb in an alarming manner
- affrighted2/5
affright
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror; panic.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- shipwrights2/5
shipwright
- noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
shipbuilder; ship builder.
- noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- frighted2/5
fright
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
fear; fearfulness.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- frightfully2/5
frightfully
- adverb used as intensifiers
awful; terribly; awfully.
- terribly interesting
- I'm awful sorry
- adverb used as intensifiers
- copyrightable2/5
copyrightable
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- copyrighting1/5
copyright
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
right of first publication.
- verb secure a copyright on a written work
- did you copyright your manuscript?
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
- sprightliness1/5
sprightliness
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
liveliness; life; spirit.
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
- brightnesses1/5
brightness
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
cleverness; smartness.
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- birthrights1/5
birthright
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- free public education is the birthright of every American child
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
patrimony.
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- frightfulness1/5
frightfulness
- noun the quality of being frightful
- noun the quality of being frightful
- unrighteously1/5
unrighteously
- adverb in an unrighteous manner
- he acted unrighteously
- adverb in an unrighteous manner
- sprightlier1/5
sprightly
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- a sprightly young girl
- a sprightly dance
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- cartwrights1/5
cartwright
- noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Edmund Cartwright.
- noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
- affrights1/5
affright
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror; panic.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- frights1/5
fright
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
fear; fearfulness.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- wheelwrights1/5
wheelwright
- noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
wheeler.
- noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
- millwrights1/5
millwright
- noun a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
- noun a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
- affrighting1/5
affright
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror; panic.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- wainwrights1/5
wainwright
- noun a wagon maker
wagonwright; waggonwright.
- noun a wagon maker
- brights1/5
bright
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
- adjective satellite having striking color
brilliant; vivid.
- bright dress
- brilliant tapestries
- a bird with vivid plumage
- adjective emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- outrightly1/5
outright
- adjective satellite without reservation or exception
unlimited; straight-out.
- adverb without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
- buy outright
- adjective satellite without reservation or exception
- brighteners1/5
brighteners
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- wrightii1/5
wrightii
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- brighteyes1/5
- brightener1/5
brightener
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- uncopyrightable1/5
- uprighting1/5
upright
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
vertical.
- the ball sailed between the uprights
- noun a piano with a vertical sounding board
upright piano.
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- playwrighting1/5
playwright
- noun someone who writes plays
dramatist.
- noun someone who writes plays
- frighteners1/5
- brightwork1/5
- alrighty1/5
- uncopyrighted1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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