right-handed

Questions about right-handed

What does right-handed mean?

right-handed means "using or intended for the right hand". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in right-handed?

right-handed has 3 syllables: righ-t-han-ded. The stress falls on "t-han". In IPA it is /ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/.

What is another word for right-handed?

Close synonyms include dextrorotary, dextrorotatory. 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.

What is the opposite of right-handed?

The recorded antonyms are left-handed, ambidextrous.

Is right-handed a common word?

right-handed is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with right-handed?

7 words rhyme with right-handed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.