Definitions

right-hand

ADJECTIVE

essential

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crucial fundamental imperative important indispensable main necessary needed vital

STRONG

capital cardinal chief leading prerequisite principal requisite

WEAK

constitutive foremost must-have necessitous needful required wanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

auxiliary extra inessential minor needless nonessential optional secondary subordinate trivial unimportant unnecessary voluntary

STRONG

inferior

WEAK

accessory atypical subsidiary

ADJECTIVE

needful

Synonyms

WEAK

capital cardinal chief constitutive crucial foremost fundamental imperative indispensable leading main necessary necessitous needed prerequisite principal required requisite wanted

NOUN

right-hand man

Synonyms

WEAK

alter ego fidus Achates gal Friday man Friday right hand right-hand woman second self strong right arm

Example Sentences

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Amino acids exist in two mirror image forms, similar to left and right hands.

From Science Daily

Just beyond that was the brick arch mirrored on Danny’s right hand.

From Literature

I closed my eyes, put my right hand on top of the book, and passed it lightly across the cover.

From Literature

With his right hand, Jonathan clutched Abby’s tree, trying to keep it from floating away from him.

From Literature

As she spread it in front of her, she turned over her right hand.

From Literature