righthander

Thân thiện

A righthander throws a baseball with their right hand.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left: An individual whose dominant hand is the right hand, meaning they naturally prefer to use it for tasks requiring precision or strength, such as writing, throwing, or using tools.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • As a righthander, he found it difficult to use the left-handed scissors.
  • Most baseball pitchers are righthanders.
  • The study compared the reaction times of righthanders and lefthanders.

Advanced Usage

• In sports contexts: The term is frequently used to describe athletes, especially in baseball, cricket, or boxing, based on their stance or throwing arm.
  • The team's new pitcher is a talented righthander.
• In demographic or statistical descriptions: Used to categorize individuals in studies related to handedness.
  • The survey indicated that approximately 90% of the population are righthanders.

Variants and Related Words

• Right-handed (adj): Using the right hand more skillfully than the left.
  • She is a right-handed tennis player.
• Right-hand (adj): Located on or designed for the right side; also used metaphorically to mean most important or reliable.
  • He is the manager's right-hand man. (Note: This is an idiomatic compound phrase, not a direct variant of 'righthander').

Synonyms

• Right-handed person: A more formal or descriptive synonym.
• Dextral: A technical or scientific term for a right-handed individual or right-sided organism.

Antonyms

• Lefthander (n): A person who uses the left hand more skillfully than the right.
• Southpaw (n): A colloquial term, especially in sports like baseball, for a left-handed pitcher or, more generally, a lefthander.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left

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