illicit

English Thesaurus

1. contrary to or forbidden by law (adj.all)

similar	:	illegal,
definition	:	prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules (adj.all)

2. contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention (adj.all)

similar	:	adulterous, extracurricular, extramarital,
definition	:	characterized by adultery (adj.all)

similar	:	unlawful,
definition	:	not morally right or permissible (adj.all)

3. contrary to or forbidden by law (adj.all)

derivation	:	unlawfulness,
definition	:	the quality of failing to conform to law (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	illicitness,
definition	:	the quality of not conforming strictly to law (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw,
definition	:	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (noun.person)

4. contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention (adj.all)

antonym	:	licit,
definition	:	sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality (adj.all)

5. contrary to or forbidden by law (adj.all)

derivation	:	unlawfulness,
definition	:	the quality of failing to conform to law (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	illicitness,
definition	:	the quality of not conforming strictly to law (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw,
definition	:	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (noun.person)

6. contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention (adj.all)

antonym	:	licit,
definition	:	sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality (adj.all)