unlawful
English Thesaurus
1. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law (adj.all)
| similar | : | lawless, outlaw, |
| definition | : | disobedient to or defiant of law (adj.all) |
| similar | : | wrongful, |
| definition | : | unlawfully violating the rights of others (adj.all) |
| also | : | illegal, |
| definition | : | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules (adj.all) |
| also | : | corrupt, crooked, |
| definition | : | not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | lawfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of conforming to law (noun.attribute) |
2. contrary to or forbidden by law (adj.all)
| similar | : | illegal, |
| definition | : | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules (adj.all) |
3. having no legally established claim (adj.all)
| similar | : | illegitimate, |
| definition | : | of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful (adj.all) |
4. not morally right or permissible (adj.all)
| similar | : | illicit, |
| definition | : | contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention (adj.all) |
5. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention (adj.all)
| similar | : | irregular, |
| definition | : | contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice (adj.all) |
6. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law (adj.all)
| antonym | : | lawful, |
| definition | : | conformable to or allowed by law (adj.all) |
7. contrary to or forbidden by law (adj.all)
| derivation | : | illicitness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not conforming strictly to law (noun.attribute) |
8. having no legally established claim (adj.all)
| derivation | : | unlawfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of failing to conform to law (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | wrong, wrongfulness, |
| definition | : | that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law (noun.attribute) |
9. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention (adj.all)
| derivation | : | unconventionality, |
| definition | : | unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | unlawfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of failing to conform to law (noun.attribute) |
10. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law (adj.all)
| antonym | : | lawful, |
| definition | : | conformable to or allowed by law (adj.all) |
11. contrary to or forbidden by law (adj.all)
| derivation | : | illicitness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not conforming strictly to law (noun.attribute) |
12. having no legally established claim (adj.all)
| derivation | : | unlawfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of failing to conform to law (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | wrong, wrongfulness, |
| definition | : | that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law (noun.attribute) |
13. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention (adj.all)
| derivation | : | unconventionality, |
| definition | : | unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | unlawfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of failing to conform to law (noun.attribute) |
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