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right-handed

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American: /ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R AY0 T HH AE1 N D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Right-handed people, taken as a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

using or intended for the right hand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a right-handed batter
  • right-handed scissors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: left-handed, ambidextrous

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

rotating to the right

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dextrorotary, dextrorotatory

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English riȝt honded, equivalent to right + handed.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَيْمَن (ʔayman) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Arabic: يمناوي (yimnāwi) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Armenian: աջլիկ (aǰlik) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Azerbaijani: onaxay — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Azerbaijani: sağanay — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Basque: eskuinti — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Basque: eskumati — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Catalan: dretà — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Catalan: dreter — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Chinese Mandarin: 右利手 (yòulìshǒu) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Chinese Mandarin: 右撇子 (yòupiězi) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Czech: pravoruký — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Czech: pravácký — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Danish: højrehåndet — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Dutch: rechtshandig — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Esperanto: dekstramana — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Faroese: høgrhentur — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Finnish: oikeakätinen — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • French: droitier — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • German: rechtshändig — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Greek: δεξιόχειρας (dexiócheiras) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Hebrew: ימני (yemaní) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Hindi: दाएँ हत्था (dāẽ hatthā) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Hungarian: jobbkezes — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Icelandic: rétthentur — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Indonesian: bukan kidal — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Irish: deasach — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Italian: destrimano — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Japanese: 右利き (migikiki) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Korean: 오른손잡이 (oreunsonjabi) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Latvian: labrocis — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Lithuanian: dešiniarankis — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Macedonian: деснорак (desnorak) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høyrehendt — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høgrehendt — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Polish: praworęczny — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Polish: praworęki — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Portuguese: destro — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Romanian: dreptaci — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Russian: правору́кий (pravorúkij) — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Scottish Gaelic: deas-làmhach — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Slovak: pravoruký — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Spanish: diestro — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Swedish: högerhänt — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Tarifit: afusi — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Welsh: llawddehau — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
  • Welsh: llawdde — of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
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