wright
/ɹaɪt/
wright noun: a builder or maker of something. Also the misspelling of write.
Noun
wright (plural wrights)
Proper noun capitalized: Wright
Wright (countable and uncountable, plural Wrights)
- A British surname originating as an occupation from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
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- An American surname from French; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.
- A census-designated place in Okaloosa County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas.
- A minor city in Carlton County, Minnesota.
- A town in Schoharie County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
- A town in Campbell County, Wyoming.
- A number of townships, in Indiana, Iowa (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.
- A former municipality, now part of Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- A barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines.
- Former name of Paranas: a municipality of Samar, Philippines.
Also used as
wright is also the misspelling of write.
Forms of wright
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wrights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | wrights |
| present participle | wrought |
| past participle | wrighten |
| past | wrighten |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wrights |
Origin of wright
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Related to wrought and work. Cognate with Dutch wrecht (“worker, builder, wright”, archaic).
English and Scottish occupational surname, from the archaic noun wright (“builder, maker”). Found as the second element of compounds such as Wainwright, Cartwright, etc.
Words formed from wright
- arkwright
- boatwright
- bookwright
- bridgewright
- candlewright
- cartwright
- castlewright
- cheesewright
- coachwright
- fanwright
- filmwright
- gemwright
- ginwright
- gunwright
- housewright
- ironwright
- leatwright
- millwright
- novelwright
- playwright
- ploughwright
- plowwright
- scenewright
- shieldwright
- shipwright
- smithwright
- speechwright
- stagewright
- steelwright
- stonewright
- timberwright
- treewright
- waggonwright
- wagonwright
- wainwright
- wheelwright
- wheelwrighting
- woodwright
- Fort Wright
- Homer-Wright rosette
- Wright County
- Wright effect
- Wright-Giemsa stain
- Wrightian
- Wright's beebrush
- Wrights Creek
- Wright's stain
- Wrightstown
- Wrightsville
Words that rhyme with wright
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- 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
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
- wite
Questions about wright
- What does wright mean?
- Wright means a builder or maker of something.
- What part of speech is wright?
- Wright can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wright?
- Wright is pronounced /ɹaɪt/.
- What is the plural of wright?
- The plural of wright is wrights.
Words near wright in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wright (page history and authors); Wright (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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