unlawful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
an unconventional marriage
Related & opposite
- unconventionality derivation
- unlawfulness derivation
- impropriety derivation
- irregular similar to
Sense 2 adjective
contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law
unlawful measures
Related & opposite
- illegal also see
- corrupt also see
- lawful antonym
- lawfulness attribute
- unlawfulness derivation
- outlawa similar to
- lawless similar to
- wrongful similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not morally right or permissible
unlawful love
Related & opposite
- illicit similar to
Sense 4 adjective
having no legally established claim
the wrongful heir to the throne
Related & opposite
- unlawfulness derivation
- wrong derivation
- illegitimate similar to
Sense 5 adjective
contrary to or forbidden by law
an illegitimate seizure of power
Related & opposite
- unlawfulness derivation
- illicitness derivation
- crook derivation
- illegal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unconventionality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlawfulness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impropriety |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | irregular |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | illegal |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | corrupt |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | lawful |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | lawfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlawfulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | outlawa |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lawless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | wrongful |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | illicit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlawfulness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | illegitimate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlawfulness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | illicitness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crook |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | illegal |