Synonyms of rights

Noun


1. right, abstraction, abstract

usage: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "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; it is something that nobody can take away"

2. right, position, place

usage: 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"

3. right field, rightfield, right, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

usage: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

4. right, right wing, faction, sect

usage: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

5. right, right hand, hand, manus, mitt, paw

usage: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"

6. right, turn, turning

usage: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"

7. right, rightfulness, justice, justness

usage: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"

8. right, interest, stake

usage: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"

Verb


1. right, compensate, redress, correct, change, alter, modify

usage: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

2. right, change, alter, modify

usage: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"

3. right, change posture

usage: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"

4. correct, rectify, right, change by reversal, turn, reverse

usage: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

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Definition and meaning of rights (Dictionary)