right of center

[rahyt-uhv-sen-ter] / ˈraɪt əvˈsɛn tər /

ADJECTIVE

conservative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

traditional

STRONG

cautious constant conventional firm moderate old-fashioned stable steady timid unadventurous

WEAK

bourgeois controlled fearful fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hidebound holding to illiberal inflexible not extreme orthodox sober traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incautious

STRONG

changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady untrustworthy wavering

WEAK

exaggerated

ADJECTIVE

right-wing

Synonyms

STRONG

conservative reactionary rightist

WEAK

conventional die-hard hard hat traditionalist ultraconservative/ultra-conservative unprogressive

Antonyms

STRONGEST

left-wing

STRONG

progressive radical

ADJECTIVE

traditionalist

Synonyms

STRONG

Tory bourgeois constant firm fuddy-duddy quiet reactionary right rightist stable steady timid

WEAK

controlled conventional die-hard fearful fogyish guarded hard hat hidebound holding to illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox right-wing sober traditional traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

Antonyms

STRONG

changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady

ADJECTIVE

traditionalistic

Synonyms

WEAK

bourgeois constant controlled conventional die-hard fearful firm fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hard hat hidebound holding to illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox quiet reactionary right-wing rightist sober stable steady traditional traditionalist unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

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Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, stands just to the right of center and, to the right of him, a large eye hovers, a symbol to ward off evil and protect the mariners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

No one accuses them of being left or right of center.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Rabiot, slightly to the right of center in front of the goal, headed it in toward the left.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

“A big part of what I did after 2016 was to seek to build relationships with nonracist conservatives, people two inches right of center, at places like Berea College and Calvin College,” he told me.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021

Smiling at this, he clamped the steering wheel slightly right of center, which produced a smooth clockwise motion against the curve of the road.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

right of center

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