left or right
Which way now
Left or right presents a binary choice between two directions or options.
The phrase often appears as a question when someone needs guidance: Should I turn left or right at the light?
It can also emphasize totality or indiscrimination—looking left or right means checking all directions, and not knowing left from right suggests basic confusion or disorientation.
- directionWay something faces
- turnRotational movement
- turn signalVehicle direction alert
- sideLateral portion of something
- handGrasping body part
steering wheel · choice · political · political spectrum · wing · correct · wrong · remaining · departed · liberal · conservative · arrow · steering · handed · blinker fluid · opposite · navigate · swerve
- Either/Oryes or no, true or false, on or off, in or out, up or down
left or rightstraight ahead
In a line, unchanged direction
straight · forward · dead ahead · backward · back
left or rightstraight ahead
In a line, unchanged direction
forward · stay the course · keep going · back · reverse
left, right, leftward, leftwards, rightward, rightwards, leftmost, rightmost, leftish