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right has 33 distinct synonyms spread across 22 of its 37 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 4 recorded opposites are left, wrong, center, wrongly.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
“my right hand”
in conformance with justice or law or morality
“do the right thing and confess”
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
“everything in its proper place”
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
“what's the right word for this?”
toward or on the right; also used figuratively
“he looked right and left”
make reparations or amends for
“right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
5 of the 37 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for right.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for right come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
an interjection expressing agreement
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
“he was wholly convinced”
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”
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
the hand that is on the right side of the body
“he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left”
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”
anything in accord with principles of justice
“he feels he is in the right”
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
“mineral rights”
put in or restore to an upright position
“They righted the sailboat that had capsized”
regain an upright or proper position
“The capsized boat righted again”