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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

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Dr. Ralph Abraham, his right-hand man at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently shrugged off rising measles cases, saying that losing our elimination status was simply the “cost of doing business.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

After exiting, you’ll see the campus on the right-hand side.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

"It's Gannon-Doak picking it up on the right-hand side of the box. Little step-over. In it comes. McTominay! Scott McTominay with the most outrageous overhead kick you will ever see!"

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

On an iPhone, you just tap the calculator in the right-hand corner of the app and toggle to convert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

It had a lectern in the middle and a piano in the right-hand corner.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez