RITE Synonyms

• a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

• any joyous diversion

• the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

• a formal event performed on a special occasion

• any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way

• the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion

• made according to the specifications of an individual

• accepted or habitual practice

• a specific practice of long standing

• money collected under a tariff

• habitual patronage

• a requirement of etiquette or custom

• a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies

• compliance with formal rules

• the act of observing; taking a patient look

• a formal event performed on a special occasion

• the act of noticing or paying attention

• conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

• a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

• a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

• a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

• an inherited pattern of thought or action

• a specific practice of long standing

• resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

• a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• a member of a Conservative Party

• having social or political views favoring conservatism

• avoiding excess

• unimaginatively conventional

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• correct in opinion or judgment

• socially right or correct

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• make right or correct

• make reparations or amends for

• censure severely

• adjust for

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• fall in value

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• treat a defect

• in an accurate manner

• on or starting from the wearer's right

• of or on the right

• preferring to use right foot or hand or eye

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• just as it should be

• in a precise manner

• used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

• fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• and nothing more

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• only a moment ago

• (used for emphasis) absolutely

• only a very short time before

• possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)

• exactly at this moment or the moment described

• by a little

• of moral excellence

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• in a precise manner

• just as it should be

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

• located on or directed toward the right

• intended for the right hand

• most helpful and reliable

• believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

• directly or immediately

• in a violent or sudden or noisy manner