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right-handed

/ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/

right-handed adjective: using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.

Adjective

right-handed (comparative more right-handed, superlative most right-handed)

  1. Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
  2. (not comparable) Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
  3. (not comparable) Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.
  4. Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.
  5. Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule.

Noun

right-handed pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Right-handed people, taken as a whole.
    • Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.1992, Antonio E. Puente, Robert J. McCaffrey, Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment, →ISBN, page 147

right-handed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Arabic

right-handed in Hindi

of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
दाएँ हत्था dāẽ hatthā

right-handed in Tamil

வலஞ்சுழி

right-handed in Bengali

right-handed
ডানহাতি ḍanhati

right-handed in Arabic

of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
أَيْمَن ʔayman
More languagesFewer languages
right-handed in Indonesian
bukan kidal

Antonyms of right-handed

Forms of right-handed

comparativemore right-handed
superlativemost right-handed
alternative formrighthanded

Origin of right-handed

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

Words formed from right-handed

Phrases with right-handed

Questions about right-handed

What does right-handed mean?
Right-handed means using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
What is right-handed in Hindi?
Right-handed in Hindi is दाएँ हत्था (dāẽ hatthā). See Right-handed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is right-handed?
Right-handed can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce right-handed?
Right-handed is pronounced /ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/ (US).

Words near right-handed in the dictionary

  1. right-hand men
  2. right-hand path
  3. right-hand rule
  4. right-hand woman
  5. right-hand women
  6. right-handed
  7. right-handed neutrino
  8. right-handed neutrinos
  9. right-handed path
  10. right-handedly
  11. right-handedness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: right-handed (page history and authors); right-handed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ডানহাতি (Bengali) (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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