illegal
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
an illegal chess move
Related & opposite
- unlawful also see
- illegitimate also see
- irregular also see
- legal antonym
- legality attribute
- illegality derivation
- amerciable similar to
- banned similar to
- bootleg similar to
- felonious similar to
- ill-gotten similar to
- embezzled similar to
- extrajudicial similar to
- extralegal similar to
- hot similar to
- illegitimate similar to
- ineligible similar to
- misbranded similar to
- punishable similar to
- under-the-counter similar to
- unratified similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unlawful |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | illegitimate |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | irregular |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | legal |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | legality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | illegality |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | amerciable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | banned |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bootleg |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | felonious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | ill-gotten |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | embezzled |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | extrajudicial |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | extralegal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hot |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | illegitimate |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | ineligible |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | misbranded |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | punishable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | under-the-counter |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unratified |