right-hand

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All (3) Adjective (2) Noun (1)

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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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right-hand

Manuel Astigarraga, right-hand man to top Ueno executive Miguel Vazquez, meanwhile turned himself in to police.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

In the fifth round, the champion landed a powerful right-hand punch that knocked Pantoja down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

You can see the sunken ship has emerged from the deep in the right-hand image below.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Around the same time, Kinahan’s right-hand man, Sean McGovern, was arrested in Dubai.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

He turned to the right-hand side of the dungeon.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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