rightness

Other forms of rightness

plural

rightnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rightness

What does rightness mean?

rightness means "according with conscience or morality". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rightness?

rightness has 2 syllables: right-ness. The stress falls on "right". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪtnəs/.

What is another word for rightness?

Close synonyms include appropriateness, correctness, justness, nicety. 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 rightness?

The recorded antonyms are wrongness, wrongness.

Is rightness a common word?

rightness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.