legal
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
Related & opposite
- lawful also see
- legitimate also see
- illegal antonym
- legality attribute
- legality derivation
- court-ordered similar to
- judicial similar to
- jural similar to
- licit similar to
- ratified similar to
- statutory similar to
- sub judice similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to jurisprudence
legal loophole
Related & opposite
- law pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
having legal efficacy or force
a sound title to the property
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
the legal profession
Related & opposite
- practice of law pertains to
Sense 5 adjective
allowed by official rules
a legal pass receiver
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | lawful |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | legitimate |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | illegal |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | legality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | legality |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | court-ordered |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | judicial |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | jural |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | licit |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | ratified |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | statutory |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sub judice |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | legality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | valid |
| 4 | pertains to | Related & opposite | practice of law |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | eligible |