Synonyms for Rightful:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • rightful.
  •appropriate (adjective)
  • well-timed,
  • seemly,
  • desired,
  • becoming,
  • felicitous,
  • relevant,
  • on the nose,
  • opportune,
  • congruous,
  • adapted,
  • pertinent,
  • apropos,
  • useful,
  • tailor-made,
  • correct,
  • germane,
  • belonging,
  • convenient.
  •bona fide (adjective)
  • with good faith,
  • good-faith,
  • true to life,
  • for real.
  •deserved (adjective)
  • de served,
  • de-served.
  •deserving (adjective)
  • estimable,
  • needy,
  • praiseworthy,
  • laudable,
  • commendable,
  • Thankworthy,
  • Praisable,
  • admirable.
  •due (adjective)
  • obligatory,
  • coming,
  • justified,
  • earned.
  •equitable (adjective)
  • level,
  • stable,
  • objective,
  • fair-to-middling,
  • disinterested,
  • unbiased,
  • even-steven,
  • decent,
  • proportionate,
  • square,
  • reasonable,
  • impersonal,
  • fair and square,
  • nonpartisan,
  • even-handed,
  • unprejudiced,
  • fair shake,
  • candid,
  • dispassionate.
  •fit (adjective)
  • conformable,
  • apposite,
  • feasible,
  • competent,
  • worthy,
  • expedient,
  • desirable,
  • qualified,
  • Fitted,
  • equipped,
  • tasteful,
  • correspondent,
  • meet,
  • likely,
  • seasonable,
  • wise,
  • advantageous,
  • preferable,
  • trained,
  • ready,
  • timely,
  • beneficial,
  • favorable,
  • happy,
  • practicable,
  • able,
  • comely,
  • adequate,
  • prepared,
  • capable,
  • Comme Il Faut.
  •just (adjective)
  • conscientious,
  • evenhanded,
  • rigid,
  • trustworthy,
  • tried,
  • pure,
  • dependable,
  • scrupulous,
  • equal,
  • fair-minded,
  • strict,
  • aloof,
  • upright,
  • reliable,
  • honorable,
  • well-deserved,
  • blameless.
  •justifiable (adjective)
  • allowable,
  • forgivable,
  • sound,
  • Vindicable,
  • Remissible,
  • pardonable,
  • defensible,
  • tenable,
  • excusable,
  • licit,
  • understandable,
  • acceptable,
  • Warrantable,
  • probable,
  • logical,
  • condonable,
  • admissible.
  •lawful (adjective)
  • ordered,
  • warranted,
  • ruled,
  • established,
  • Jurisprudent,
  • Legislated,
  • judicial,
  • vested,
  • protected,
  • mandated,
  • Enacted,
  • permissible,
  • Judged,
  • constitutional,
  • Legalized,
  • legitimatized,
  • decreed,
  • Commanded,
  • Passed,
  • enforced,
  • ordained,
  • Enjoined.
  •legal (adjective)
  • within the law,
  • Enforcible,
  • sure enough,
  • precedented,
  • contractual,
  • granted.
  •legitimate (adjective)
  • re cognized,
  • re-cognized,
  • re-gular,
  • re gular,
  • well-founded,
  • wellfounded,
  • well founded,
  • received.
  •official (adjective)
  • de-finite,
  • more cathedral,
  • most authenticated,
  • more authenticated,
  • de finite,
  • most cathedral,
  • most certified,
  • ex officio.
  •orthodox (adjective)
  • doctrinal,
  • by numbers,
  • old-line,
  • according to the book,
  • die hard,
  • buttoned-down,
  • oldline,
  • well-established,
  • in line,
  • straight arrow,
  • old line.
  •principled (adjective)
  • more moralistic,
  • high principled,
  • more high-principled,
  • more highprincipled,
  • true blue,
  • most high principled,
  • most high-principled,
  • most moralistic,
  • up standing,
  • highprincipled,
  • more high principled,
  • most highprincipled.
  •real (adjective)
  • in the flesh.
  •required (adjective)
  • re quired,
  • re-quired.
  •required/requisite (adjective)
  • more compulsatory,
  • re-commended,
  • most compulsatory,
  • re commended,
  • un avoidable,
  • in-dispensable,
  • most demanded,
  • in dispensable,
  • more demanded,
  • needful,
  • un-avoidable.
  •right (adjective)
  • more stand-up,
  • most stand up,
  • more standup,
  • most standup,
  • most stand-up,
  • standup,
  • more stand up.
  •right-minded (adjective)
  • right minded,
  • rightminded.
  •rightful (adjective)
  • twenty-four carat.
  •suitable (adjective)
  • copacetic,
  • up to snuff,
  • user friendly,
  • in keeping,
  • in character,
  • more suitable.
  •true (adjective)
  • on target,
  • washer,
  • unfaked,
  • Undesigning.

• n.

  •
  • righteous,
  • moral,
  • right,
  • proper.
  •
  • appropriate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • guiltless,
  • aboveboard,
  • current,
  • legally,
  • kosher,
  • legitimacy,
  • clean,
  • legality,
  • innocence,
  • innocent.
  •
  • ethical,
  • virtuous.
  •
  • fitting.
  •
  • good.
  •Other relevant words:
  • genuinely,
  • lean,
  • totally,
  • wholly,
  • firmly,
  • apathy,
  • truely,
  • authentic,
  • unpretended,
  • correctness,
  • detachment,
  • Unimitated,
  • law,
  • native,
  • duly,
  • de jure,
  • decorous,
  • on the up and up,
  • unexaggerated,
  • permitted,
  • nice,
  • balanced,
  • fair,
  • entirely,
  • actionable,
  • unflattering,
  • befitting,
  • properly,
  • verbal,
  • correctly,
  • honesty,
  • candidness,
  • noble,
  • unassuming,
  • unimagined,
  • fully,
  • canon,
  • highly,
  • truly,
  • surely,
  • securely,
  • normal,
  • impartial,
  • neatly,
  • accuracy,
  • applicable,
  • honest,
  • separation,
  • greatly,
  • verbatim,
  • genuine,
  • completeness,
  • profoundly,
  • really,
  • lifelike,
  • simple,
  • unqualified,
  • sincere,
  • according to law,
  • truthful,
  • rule-governed,
  • carefully,
  • perfectly,
  • natural,
  • naturalistic,
  • candor,
  • equivalence,
  • Uninvented,
  • unassumed,
  • unfanciful,
  • holding water,
  • on-key,
  • authorised,
  • lawmaking,
  • equity,
  • positively,
  • on the level,
  • actual,
  • unadulterated,
  • Simon-pure,
  • literal,
  • heavily,
  • justly,
  • honestly,
  • verisimilar,
  • normative,
  • requisite,
  • absolutely,
  • Justiciable,
  • sanctioned,
  • Unspecious,
  • Inartificial,
  • sure-enough,
  • unfeigned,
  • Unconcocted,
  • fairly,
  • valid,
  • straight,
  • unromantic,
  • deeply,
  • undisguised,
  • unaffected,
  • original,
  • veridical,
  • sterling,
  • justice,
  • faithfully,
  • undistorted,
  • integrity,
  • certainly,
  • fairness,
  • impassiveness,
  • thoroughly,
  • candour,
  • authorized,
  • very,
  • word for word,
  • probity,
  • equality,
  • unsimulated,
  • dinkum,
  • truth,
  • rightly,
  • extremely,
  • realistic,
  • unvarnished,
  • exactly,
  • even,
  • soundly,
  • completely,
  • impartiality,
  • apt,
  • neutrality,
  • canonical,
  • justness,
  • unpretending,
  • veracity,
  • decree,
  • cautiously,
  • legislative,
  • solidly,
  • well-grounded,
  • indifference,
  • rule.

Paraphrases for Rightful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    legitimate, lawful.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    right.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    right.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    justified, correct, full-cost, well-deserved, valid, true, virtuous, licit, well-founded, illegitimate, forensic, righteous, equitable, deserved, decent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    legitimacy, licit, righteous.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    justifiable, legal, genuine, fair, real.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    justifiable, fair.

Antonyms for Rightful:

• adj.

  • appropriate
    unbecoming, unsuitable, unsuited, unseemly, unfitting, improper.
  • deserving
    undeserving, unworthy.
  • due
    insufficient, inappropriate, unjustified, unrightful, unmerited.
  • equitable
    partial, unfair, unjust, prejudiced, disproportionate, unreasonable, Unequitable, biased.
  • fit
    inadequate, unfit.
  • just
    inequitable.
  • justifiable
    unjustifiable, unwarranted.
  • lawful
    unlawful, illicit, taboo, prohibited.
  • rightful
    illegitimate, wrongful, illegal.
  • Other antonyms:
    inapposite, undeserved, irrelevant, incorrect, undue, arbitrary, despotic, inapt, incoherent, Irrelative, indefensible, inapplicable, unequal.

Homophones for Rightful:

• restful, rijsttaffel, rightfully, rijstaffel, roast veal, resistible, rijstafel, rectifiable, restfully, racquetball, rocket fuel.