Mister Right

noun

A perfect, ideal or suitable male companion, especially a husband.

“She waited for years and years, hoping someday to find Mister Right.”

Opposite
Mister Wrong
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Meanings

nounMister Right (plural Mister Rights or Misters Right)

plural Mister Rights · plural Misters Right · alternative Mr. Right · alternative Mr Right

  1. idiomaticA perfect, ideal or suitable male companion, especially a husband.

    She waited for years and years, hoping someday to find Mister Right.

    1 more example

    The husband-hunt had been a failure. Carlo had taken at least a dozen potential Misters Right on test runs of longer or shorter duration—perhaps a few lines of IM [instant messaging], perhaps a couple of promising dates, or sexual calisthenics.

    2005 December 7, Scott & Scott [pseudonym; Scott Pomfret; Scott Whittier], chapter 8, in Nothing Personal (Romentics: A Novel Approach to Gay Romance), [North Charleston, S.C.]: BookSurge, →ISBN, page 50

    Antonyms: Mister Wrong

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA perfect, ideal or suitable male companion, especially a husband.

Opposite
Mister Wrong

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 如意郎君, 白馬王子 /白马王子
  • 如意郎君 (rúyìlángjūn)perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
  • 白馬王子 /白马王子 (báimǎ wángzǐ)perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
  • 真命天子 (zhēnmìng tiānzǐ)perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
Danish Prinsen på den hvide hest
  • Prinsen på den hvide hestperfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
Dutch ware Jakob
  • ware Jakobperfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
Polish książę z bajki
  • książę z bajkiperfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
Vietnamese ý trung nhân, bạch mã hoàng tử
  • ý trung nhânperfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
  • bạch mã hoàng tửperfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
Yiddish דער זיווג
  • דער זיווג (der ziveg)perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband
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Mister Right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mister%20Right

MLA

“Mister Right.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mister%20Right. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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