Rightful Synonyms and Antonyms

rītfəl
In accordance with principles of right or good conduct
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. right
  2. ethical
  3. moral
  4. principled
  5. proper
  6. righteous
  7. right-minded
  8. virtuous
Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. right
  2. appropriate
  3. deserved
  4. due
  5. fitting
  6. just
  7. proper
  8. fit
  9. correct
  10. fair
  11. merited
  12. honest
  13. lawful
  14. suitable
  15. legal
  16. legitimate
  17. true
Being so legitimately
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. true
  2. legitimate
  3. lawful
Antonyms:
  1. incorrect
  2. illegitimate
  3. wrongful
  4. illegal
  5. undeserved

Words Related to Rightful

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Rightful Sentence Examples

  • He is the rightful lord of this country.

  • Lessing, Goethe, Herder, Novalis and Schleiermacher, not to mention philosophers like Schelling and Hegel, united in recognizing the unique strength and sincerity of Spinoza's thought, and in setting him in his rightful place among the speculative leaders of mankind.

  • The dogs are returned to their rightful owners in Ramsay Street.

  • They destroy our souls by removing us from our soul 's only rightful source.

  • Taking with him Kasagama, the rightful king of Toro, he traversed the north of Ankole, with which country he made a treaty, and passing thence through Unyoro, along the northern slopes of Ruwenzori, reached Kavali at the south end of Lake Albert, defeating the armies of Unyoro who opposed his progress.

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