Word Meanings - RIGHTFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons. Chaucer. 2. Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause. 3. Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or

Additional info about word: RIGHTFUL

1. Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons. Chaucer. 2. Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause. 3. Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king. 4. Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority. Syn. -- Just; lawful; true; honest; equitable; proper.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RIGHTFUL)

• Lawful
• Legal
• permissible
• orderly
• right
• allowable
• fair
• constitutional
• rightful
• legitimate
• Righteous
• Upright
• just
• godly
• virtuous
• uncorrupt
• equitable
• truthful
• conscientious

Related words: (words related to RIGHTFUL)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• LEGALITY
  1. The state or quality of being letter of the law.
• CONSTITUTIONALIST
  One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
• UNCORRUPTIBLE
  Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i.
• UPRIGHTNESS
  the quality or state of being upright.
• CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
  The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• RIGHTEOUS
  Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
• LEGITIMATE
  1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir. 2. Lawfully begotten;
• LEGITIMATELY
  In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
• RIGHTEN
  To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17.
• LEGALIZE
  To interpret or apply in a legal spirit. (more info) 1. To make legal.
• RIGHT-LINED
  Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
• RIGHT-MINDED
  Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• RIGHT-HANDED
  Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances
• RIGHT-HEARTED
  Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• UPRIGHTLY
  In an upright manner.
• VIRTUOUS
  1. Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically: -- Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly virtuous. Chapman. Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious;
• BRIGHT
  See I
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• OVERRIGHTEOUS
  Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
• AFFRIGHTER
  One who frightens.
• EMBRIGHT
  To brighten.
• WRIGHT
  One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. He was a well good wright, a carpenter.
• ILLEGAL
  Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.
• SELF-RIGHTEOUS
  Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
• SPRIGHTFUL
  Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.
• BEDRIGHT; BEDRITE
  The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak.
• AFFRIGHTFUL
  Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.