alright
adverb or adjective
al·right (ˌ)ȯl-ˈrīt 
ˈȯl-ˌrīt
: all right
If people stay strong and keep pushing we'll be alright.
Keith Ellison
Keith EllisonAlright, I give in. Sallie Tisdale
Sallie TisdaleAlright already, get in the squad car and solve the darn crime. Ken Tucker
Ken TuckerIt's cheap, alright. Chris Hodenfield
Chris Hodenfield
Synonyms
- agreeable
- all right
- copacetic
- copasetic
- copesetic
- ducky
- fine
- good
- hunky-dory
- jake [slang]
- OK
- okay
- palatable
- satisfactory
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In a 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels, the kids looked alright. Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2020 Sanders appears to be quite alright waiting three to five business days for his deliveries, thank you very much. TheWeek, 13 Jan. 2020 There’s also the unquantifiable: not only are the kids alright—they’re helping humanity save it from itself. Wired, 8 Nov. 2019 Position: Attacking Midfielder FIFA 19 Rating: 73 FIFA 20 Predicted Rating: 72The German has been alright, but hasn't exactly set the world alight. SI.com, 13 July 2019 Kansas looked alright in its survival win over Seton Hall on Saturday. Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018 Irving and the Cavs actually went through with it, and 25-year-old is doing alright now. Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 2 Feb. 2018 On difficult days, her brother and sister could count on Jeffny's support… and usually a sandwich, with a promise that everything would be alright. courant.com, 15 Sep. 2017 And for a brief sliver of time, the world was alright. Kat Bein, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2017 See More
Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2020 Sanders appears to be quite alright waiting three to five business days for his deliveries, thank you very much. TheWeek, 13 Jan. 2020 There’s also the unquantifiable: not only are the kids alright—they’re helping humanity save it from itself. Wired, 8 Nov. 2019 Position: Attacking Midfielder FIFA 19 Rating: 73 FIFA 20 Predicted Rating: 72The German has been alright, but hasn't exactly set the world alight. SI.com, 13 July 2019 Kansas looked alright in its survival win over Seton Hall on Saturday. Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018 Irving and the Cavs actually went through with it, and 25-year-old is doing alright now. Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 2 Feb. 2018 On difficult days, her brother and sister could count on Jeffny's support… and usually a sandwich, with a promise that everything would be alright. courant.com, 15 Sep. 2017 And for a brief sliver of time, the world was alright. Kat Bein, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
alright 1 of 2
adjective
1
as in okay
being to one's liking an alright movie, but I wouldn't pay to see it again Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- okay
- fine
- OK
- good
- satisfactory
- acceptable
- all right
- agreeable
- hunky-dory
- ducky
- pleasing
- palatable
- jake
- nice
- welcome
- copasetic
- copacetic
- pleasant
- delicious
- delightful
- copesetic
- adequate
- scrumptious
- gratifying
- dreamy
- tolerable
- decent
- felicitous
- delectable
- passable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bad
- unsatisfactory
- disagreeable
- poor
- unacceptable
- lousy
- wanting
- wretched
- inferior
- deficient
- substandard
- mediocre
- punk
- middling
- second-rate
- second-class
2
as in safe
not exposed to the threat of loss or injury we got the plane's nose back up, and after that we were alright Synonyms & Similar Words
- safe
- well
- secure
- all right
- unharmed
- home free
- sound
- intact
- whole
- hale
- healthy
- unscathed
- uninjured
- unhurt
- scatheless
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- liable
- unsafe
- subject (to)
- vulnerable
- susceptible
- open
- threatened
- insecure
- hurt
- imperiled
- exposed
- endangered
- injured
- damaged
- imperilled
- violable
- wounded
- harmed
- scathed
alright
2 of 2adverb
1
as in good
in a satisfactory way the audition for the orchestra position seemed to go alright, but one never knows Synonyms & Similar Words
- good
- fine
- okay
- nicely
- well
- OK
- decently
- correctly
- adequately
- sufficiently
- respectably
- acceptably
- tolerably
- passably
- all right
- satisfactorily
- serviceably
- creditably
- happily
- so-so
- middlingly
- appropriately
- rightly
- efficiently
- seemly
- suitably
- fittingly
- aptly
- effectively
- felicitously
- meetly
- satisfyingly
- neatly
- gratifyingly
- decorously
- congruously
- tidily
- effectually
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- poorly
- bad
- badly
- ill
- inadequately
- insufficiently
- unsatisfactorily
- intolerably
- unbearably
- awfully
- unacceptably
- terribly
- incorrectly
- horribly
- dreadfully
- miserably
- inappropriately
- deficiently
- disastrously
- deplorably
- indecently
- unsuitably
- horrendously
- horridly
2
as in yeah
used to express agreement alright, you can buy me lunch, but next time it's my treat Synonyms & Similar Words
- okay
- yeah
- yes
- OK
- yep
- yea
- positively
- aye
- ay
- all right
- yo
- okeydokey
- certainly
- absolutely
- okeydoke
- exactly
- indeed
- undoubtedly
- unquestionably
- assuredly
- indisputably
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- no
- scarcely
- nay
- no way
3
as in sure
without any question she passed the test alright—she had the highest score in the class Synonyms & Similar Words
- sure
- definitely
- certainly
- surely
- clearly
- probably
- really
- likely
- so
- for certain
- damn well
- undoubtedly
- easily
- for sure
- truly
- indeed
- unquestionably
- assuredly
- undeniably
- indisputably
- all right
- doubtless
- obviously
- perhaps
- plainly
- hands down
- possibly
- inarguably
- unarguably
- incontestably
- forsooth
- incontrovertibly
- by all means
- conceivably
- by all odds
- unmistakably