alright
/ɔːlˈɹaɪt/
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Northumbria/aːˈɹiːt/
alright is the alternative form of all right.
Interjection
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
- An expression of happiness.
- Alright! I passed my exam!
- A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
- Synonyms:
- ciao, good morning, good day, good evening, good morrow, greetings, heaveno, hello, hello there, heyday
Meaning of all right
Adjective
all right (not comparable)
Synonyms of alright
- acceptable
- adequate
- fine
- all right
- average
- close enough
- close enough for government work
- close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades
- decent
- fair
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- jake
- good enough
- good enough for government work
- hunky dory
- kosher
- mustn't grumble
- nonbad
- not bad
- not half bad
- OK
- okay
- okayish
- passable
- pretty good
- tolerable
- up to par
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- reasonable
- respectable
- satisfactory
- snug
- sufficient
- suitable
- tickety-boo
- comme ci comme ça
- dandy
- it's going
- medium
- mid
Forms of alright
| alternative form | aight |
|---|---|
| alternative Northumbria | alreet |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | awright |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | oright |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | o-rite |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | orite |
| alternative form (informal) | alrite |
Origin of alright
Univerbation of all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right.
Words formed from alright
Phrases with alright
Words that rhyme with alright
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
- wite
Questions about alright
- What does alright mean?
- Alright means used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
- What is alright the alternative form of?
- Alright is the alternative form of all right.
- What part of speech is alright?
- Alright is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce alright?
- Alright is pronounced /ɔːlˈɹaɪt/ (UK).
Words near alright in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alright (page history and authors); all right (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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