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Synonyms for legal
ˈli gəlle·gal
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Wiktionary
legaladjective
Being allowed or prescribed by law, such as a legal motion.
Antonyms:
contraband, disallowed, illegal, forbidden, banned, outlawedlegaladjective
Antonyms:
back-alley, black-marketlegaladjective
Antonyms:
underage
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
legal
Synonyms:
legitimate, lawful, allowable, juridical, constitutionalAntonyms:
illegal, illegitimate, unlawful, unallowable, lay, unconstitutional
Princeton's WordNet
legaladjective
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
Antonyms:
ineligible, amerciable, embezzled, penal, bootleg, unratified, misbranded, ill-gotten, smuggled, illegal, extrajudicial, banned, felonious, hot, black, criminal, punishable, contraband, extralegal, dirty, outlawed, under-the-counter, outlaw(a), unlawful, invalid, illicit, black-market, mislabeled, illegitimate, nonlegal, prohibited, misappropriatedlegaladjective
of or relating to jurisprudence
"legal loophole"
Antonyms:
black-market, ineligible, extrajudicial, mislabeled, ill-gotten, illegal, embezzled, outlawed, unratified, contraband, bootleg, extralegal, misappropriated, unlawful, punishable, dirty, illegitimate, under-the-counter, outlaw(a), amerciable, smuggled, felonious, criminal, prohibited, nonlegal, banned, misbranded, penal, illicit, black, invalid, hotlegal, sound, effectualadjective
having legal efficacy or force
"a sound title to the property"
Synonyms:
sound, heavy, effective, wakeless, efficacious, profound, good, healthy, reasoned, intelligent, level-headed, well-grounded, levelheaded, effectualAntonyms:
dirty, ineligible, unratified, illicit, extrajudicial, embezzled, outlaw(a), black-market, under-the-counter, bootleg, smuggled, hot, outlawed, penal, criminal, misappropriated, felonious, ill-gotten, black, unlawful, invalid, illegitimate, banned, punishable, prohibited, illegal, nonlegal, extralegal, amerciable, misbranded, mislabeled, contrabandlegaladjective
relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
"the legal profession"
Antonyms:
black-market, banned, illegitimate, punishable, unratified, misappropriated, dirty, amerciable, extrajudicial, ineligible, hot, black, misbranded, mislabeled, outlawed, outlaw(a), illegal, prohibited, bootleg, penal, contraband, ill-gotten, illicit, unlawful, under-the-counter, invalid, felonious, criminal, embezzled, smuggled, nonlegal, extralegallegaladjective
allowed by official rules
"a legal pass receiver"
Antonyms:
illicit, misappropriated, outlawed, felonious, penal, banned, unratified, amerciable, outlaw(a), ill-gotten, criminal, unlawful, illegitimate, invalid, bootleg, embezzled, dirty, smuggled, black, misbranded, hot, ineligible, nonlegal, under-the-counter, contraband, extralegal, punishable, mislabeled, black-market, extrajudicial, prohibited, illegal
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
legaladjective
Synonyms:
lawful, legitimate, legalized, authorized or sanctioned (by law), according to law
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
legaladjective
Synonyms:
lawful, legitimateAntonyms:
illegal
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "legal":
judicial, juridical, lawful, law, statutory, legislative, juridique, laws, legitimate, juridiques, legally, moral, morales, jurídica, jurídico, justice, qanooni, juristische, jurídicas, legale, licit, qanouni, forensic, legislation, qanoni, jurisdictional, judiciary, right, oikeudellinen, kanoni, regulatory, jurists, pravni, court, lawyers
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#109 | just | |
#155 | good | |
#234 | right | |
#332 | law | |
#546 | legal | |
#608 | court | |
#803 | sound | |
#1068 | effective | |
#1801 | laws | |
#1818 | justice | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2615 | healthy | |
#2649 | legislation | |
#2987 | lawyers | |
#3436 | regulatory | |
#3900 | legislative | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#4904 | moral | |
#5290 | judicial | |
#5770 | statutory | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#8066 | legitimate | |
#8183 | legally | |
#10014 | judiciary | |
#11282 | forensic | |
#11321 | profound | |
#14616 | allowable | |
#15598 | lawful | |
#19279 | morales | |
#23590 | reasoned | |
#23634 | jurisdictional | |
#31891 | virtuous | |
#41126 | meritorious | |
#54598 | efficacious | |
#55753 | juridical | |
#58070 | jurists | |
#70091 | effectual | |
#80575 | juridique | |
#93392 | legale | |
#129433 | licit | |
#160757 | juridiques | |
#194605 | levelheaded | |
#196148 | juridica |
How to use legal in a sentence?
Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff:
We still hold out a small but vanishing hope that the department will follow its legal obligations. But it is certainly my sense that this is a top-down instruction from the president to stonewall every congressional request no matter how reasonable.
TRUMPS BORDER WALL PROTOTYPES TO COME DOWN Vice President Mike Pence discussed the issue with GOP senators during their weekly private lunch. In a statement after the sit-down, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham accused Democrats of hypocritically changing their mind about realities on the southern border. Griff Jenkins reports from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We had a great presentation from Vice President Mike Pence and Vice President Mike Pence team regarding the emergency declaration and the need for additional spending to protect our southern border, the Vice President made a compelling case that the border crisis is real and President Trump has both the authority and legal backing to declare a national emergency.
There’s potential constitutional concerns there to delaying an election just because you don’t like what’s happening with a candidate – from both a practical and legal standpoint.
Today marks a major milestone in our efforts to create the most equitable cannabis industry in the nation, the legal cannabis market has the potential to be a major boon to New York’s economic recovery – creating new jobs, building wealth in historically underserved communities, and increasing state and local tax revenue.
Security officers from multiple agencies raided homes, buildings, and shops, carting away money, cell phones, and other goods, they harassed and detained thousands -- including journalists, refugees, Kenyan citizens and international aid workers -- without charge, and in appalling conditions for periods well beyond the 24-hour legal limit.
Translations for legal
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- قانونيArabic
- legalCatalan, Valencian
- legální, zákonný, právníCzech
- lovligDanish
- juristisch, legal, rechtlichGerman
- νόμιμος, νομικόςGreek
- legalSpanish
- seaduslikEstonian
- حقوقیPersian
- laki-, lainopillinen, laillinen, juridinen, oikeudellinen, lakisääteinen, lakimies-, lainmukainenFinnish
- légal, juridiqueFrench
- legal, lícitoGalician
- משפטי, חוקיHebrew
- कानूनीHindi
- törvényes, jogiHungarian
- իրավական, օրինականArmenian
- legalIndonesian
- giuridico, legaleItalian
- משפטיHebrew
- 法律の, 合法, 法的な, 法に則ったJapanese
- 적법한, 합법적인Korean
- legalis, legitimus, legalLatin
- likumīgsLatvian
- правен, законскиMacedonian
- juridiskNorwegian
- juridisch, recht, wettig, wettelijk, legaal, legitiemDutch
- juridiskNorwegian Nynorsk
- lovligNorwegian
- [[zgodny]] [[z]] [[prawo, legalny, prawniczy, prawnyPolish
- legalPortuguese
- juridic, legalRomanian
- лега́льный, зако́нный, юриди́ческий, правово́й, правоме́рный, юридическоеRussian
- legali, ligali, legaleSardinian
- pravniški, praven, zakonitSlovene
- rättsligt, lagligSwedish
- చట్టపరమైనTelugu
- ถูกกฎหมายThai
- kanuni, tüzel, adli, meşru, yasal, hukuki, hukuksalTurkish
- לעגאַלYiddish
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