righthander
Definition
- 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.
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a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
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