in his own right

1. 1.

   by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved

   “a peer in his own right”

   “a leading sports figure in his own right”

   “a fine opera in its own right”

   “she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance”

   “an excellent novel in its own right”

   Synonymsin one's own rightin her own rightin its own right

Questions about in his own right

What does in his own right mean?

in his own right means "by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved".

What is another word for in his own right?

Close synonyms include in one's own right, in her own right, in its own right. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in his own right a common word?

in his own right is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.