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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?
Senate Republican feels like the weight of the energy in Washington with legal conservatives is pretty strongly in favor of impeachment.
Today, I took responsibility for a series of mistakes I made several years ago, i have said throughout that I respect the legal process, and thus I intend to address the court directly at sentencing. I will describe the choices I made, continue to take responsibility for my decisions, and express my remorse to Judge Salas and the public. I am heartbroken that this is affecting my family — especially my four young daughters, who mean more to me than anything in the world.
Donald Trump is a champion for legal immigrants.
Because there are so many people — bothmale and female — [sexual assault] can definitely happen. And there arelate-night sporting matches, if something happens, we want toprovide emergency counseling, medical and legal support.
You can't be legal in a country where everything is illegal.
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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