right and left
Either lateral direction
Right and left are the two horizontal directions perpendicular to forward, based on the sides of the human body when facing forward.
Right is the side of the dominant hand for most people; left is the opposite.
The terms extend to politics: right typically means conservative, left progressive or liberal.
She looked right and left before crossing.
The party has moved further to the right.
Something done right and left or left and right happens in all directions or without restraint: He was handing out business cards right and left.
- sideLateral portion of something
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
- left turnNinety degrees counterclockwise
- leftDeparted or portside
- turnRotational movement
ambidextrous · bilateral · handedness · opposite · brain hemisphere · corpus callosum · step · hemisphere · dexter · symmetry · southpaw · sinister · east · liberal · duality · chirality · motor control · brain
right and leftup and down
Alternating between extremes
above and below · front and back · vertical · high and low · fore and aft
right and leftcenter
Middle of anything
moderate · centrist · middle ground · bipartisan · nonpartisan
right, region, rights, righteous, regal, rightly, rectify, rightness, righted