alright
Adjective Satellite
- nonstandard usage
Adverb
- without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
- an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- in a satisfactory or adequate manner; ; ; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
Adj
- Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
Adv
- Alternative form of all right.
Intj
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
- A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
Adjective
- Satisfactory but not especially good; acceptable.
Examples
- A 15-point play is alright, but I was hoping for a bingo.
Origin / Etymology
Univerbation from all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right.
Synonyms
all right, fine, O.K., OK, okay, very well, acceptable, adequate, aloha, alright, alright me babber, alright me lover, average, ay up me duck, ayo, ayubowan, cheerio, ciao, close enough, close enough for government work, comme ci comme ça, dandy, decent, ey up, fair, favoursome, g'day, good day, good enough, good enough for government work, good evening, good morning, good morrow, greetings, hallo, heaveno, hello, hello there, hey, hey hey, heyday, heyo, hi, hi there, hiya, how, how are you, how's it going, howdy, howzit, hullo, hunky dory, it's going, jake, kosher, medium, mid, middling, mustn't grumble, namaste, nonbad, not bad, not half bad, okayish, passable, pretty good, privet, reasonable, respectable, salaam, salaam alaikum, salutations, satisfactory, shalom, shalom aleichem, snug, so-so, sufficient, suitable, sup, swell, tickety-boo, tolerable, top of the morning, up to par, up to scratch, up to snuff, wagwan, wassup, well met, what's doing, what's going on, what's new, what's up, wotcher, yello, yo
Scrabble Score: 11
alright: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordalright: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
alright: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary