What is another word for unlawful?
383 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʌnlˈɔːfə͡l], [ ʌnlˈɔːfəl], [ ʌ_n_l_ˈɔː_f_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for unlawful:- against the law (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- amiss (adjective)
- bootleg (adjective)
- criminal (adjective)
- crooked (adjective)
- illegal (adjective)
- illegitimate (adjective)
- illicit (adjective)
- misbegotten (adjective)
- off-limits (adjective)
- outlawed (adjective)
- unauthorized (adjective)
- unconstitutional (adjective)
- unfair (adjective)
- unreasonable (adjective)
- unreasoned (adjective)
- villainous (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- irregular (noun)
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Synonyms for Unlawful:
adj.
•against the law (adjective)- bootleg,
- iniquitous,
- unlicensed,
- illegal,
- forbidden,
- prohibited,
- taboo,
- improper,
- nefarious,
- lawless,
- banned,
- actionable,
- flagitious,
- outlawed.
- foul,
- haywire,
- un suitable,
- out order,
- in-accurate,
- in-correct,
- in-appropriate,
- mis-taken,
- sickest,
- un-lawful,
- in correct,
- in accurate,
- more flawed,
- most flawed,
- un-suitable,
- mis taken,
- un lawful,
- in appropriate,
- unsuitable.
- more unsanctioned,
- most black market,
- more pirated,
- more black-market,
- most unsanctioned,
- more smuggled,
- most under-the-counter,
- most black-market,
- more under-the-counter,
- more blackmarket,
- most blackmarket,
- more bootlegged,
- most pirated,
- more black market,
- un sanctioned,
- most smuggled,
- un official,
- blackmarket,
- un-official,
- most bootlegged,
- more under the counter,
- un-sanctioned,
- most under the counter.
- more racket,
- more wildcat,
- un-righteous,
- most racket,
- most wildcat,
- off base,
- un righteous,
- scandalous,
- more unrighteous,
- most indictable,
- more indictable,
- most unrighteous,
- out line.
- punishable,
- under the table,
- outside the law,
- unwarranted,
- unjust,
- not approved,
- not legal,
- verboten,
- unwarrantable,
- extralegal,
- offensive,
- felonious,
- unconstitutional,
- against the law.
- more unapproved,
- over line,
- un approved,
- un-authorized,
- un-justified,
- most unapproved,
- un justified,
- un authorized,
- un-approved.
- in equitable,
- un-justest,
- un justifiable,
- un duest,
- un-sporting,
- un juster,
- more cheating,
- un-ethical,
- un-fairer,
- un sporting,
- in-excusable,
- dis-criminatory,
- un fairer,
- most unsporting,
- dis criminatory,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- uncalledfor,
- un just,
- un ethical,
- un-fair,
- un fairest,
- more unsporting,
- one sided,
- un rightful,
- un-fairest,
- un-just,
- un fair,
- un justest,
- in excusable,
- most cheating,
- more unrightful,
- un-juster,
- un due,
- dis-creditable,
- un-justifiable,
- most unrightful,
- un-duest,
- dis creditable,
- in-equitable,
- un-rightful,
- onesided.
- costing arm and a leg,
- un-reasonable,
- more absonant,
- priciest,
- over kill,
- more too-too,
- most absonant,
- in-temperate,
- tootoo,
- in-ordinate,
- farout,
- pricier,
- costing arm and leg,
- more tootoo,
- costing arm a leg,
- over-kill,
- costing an arm a leg,
- un-conscionable,
- more overkill,
- un conscionable,
- over much,
- costing an arm and leg,
- un reasonable,
- most too too,
- most overkill,
- most tootoo,
- too too,
- in temperate,
- more too too,
- costing arm leg,
- most too-too,
- costing an arm leg.
n.
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- clandestine,
- fraudulent,
- shady.
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- law.
Other synonyms:
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- fishy,
- convicted,
- deceptively,
- smell,
- illegality,
- deceptive,
- seedy,
- delinquent,
- treasonable,
- counterfeit,
- baseborn.
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- dirty.
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- Against.
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- hot.
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- natural.
- censored,
- outlawry,
- injustice,
- unpermissible,
- unsavory,
- injury,
- vile,
- nonconstitutional,
- wrongness,
- indecorous,
- awful,
- unfitting,
- Fiendish,
- disqualified,
- unacceptable,
- chargeable,
- mesalliance,
- unfit,
- perverse,
- faulty,
- anarchistic,
- infamous,
- morganatic marriage,
- impolite,
- ignominious,
- inequality,
- imperfect,
- uneven,
- tabu,
- atrocious,
- inappropriate,
- open,
- off-color,
- forbid,
- out-of-line,
- wildcat,
- bad,
- astray,
- not done,
- inequity,
- undue,
- rude,
- dishonest,
- anarchic,
- Triable,
- larcenous,
- explicit,
- deviation,
- not allowed,
- aberrant,
- opprobrious,
- sacrilegious,
- unprivileged,
- anathema,
- abnormal,
- vicious,
- nonlegal,
- contraband,
- eccentricity,
- extrajudicial,
- disorder,
- impermissible,
- anomic,
- disentitled,
- sinful,
- off-limits,
- unentitled,
- against regulations,
- unmerited,
- lawlessness,
- unseemly,
- unlawfulness,
- Forbade,
- injudicious,
- bent,
- intolerable,
- under-the-table,
- misbranded,
- off-base,
- black market,
- unjustified,
- racket,
- proscribed,
- venal,
- Interdicted,
- unspeakable,
- untouchable,
- shameful,
- bastard,
- naughty,
- restricted,
- wide-open,
- terrible,
- not permitted,
- fatherless,
- anomaly,
- unqualified,
- Disallowed,
- illogical,
- inequitable,
- erroneous,
- extramarital,
- infernal,
- reprehensible,
- erring,
- illegitimacy,
- unethical,
- black,
- unmentionable,
- crime,
- dishonourable,
- iniquity,
- culpable,
- diabolic,
- unequal,
- misdemeanor,
- Vetoed,
- unbalanced,
- irregularity,
- blameworthy,
- undeserved,
- adulterine,
- Justiciable,
- censorable,
- deviant,
- evil,
- violation,
- unchartered,
- mariage de convenance,
- shameless,
- barred,
- outlaw,
- disgraceful,
- wicked,
- incorrect,
- abnormality,
- abominable,
- status,
- unofficial,
- deformity,
- unallowed,
- Tabooed,
- out of wedlock,
- exceptionable,
- immoral,
- objectionable,
- unauthorised,
- dreadful,
- outrageous,
- illicitness.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
illegal.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
unlawfully.
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Adverb
unlawfully.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
law-breaking, fraudulent, undue, unwarranted, extrajudicial, punishable, extra-judicial, unconstitutional, unreasonable, legitimate, unacknowledged, abusive, unruly, outlawed, licit, unjustified, arbitrary, unlicensed, ill-gotten, proscribed, anti-illegal, inappropriate.
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Proper noun, singular
wrongs.
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Adverb
illicitly.
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Verb, past tense
unauthorised.
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Adjective
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Exclusion
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Adjective
lawful.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
unauthorized, unauthorised.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Unlawful:
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adj.
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against the law
ethical, licit, Allowed, legal, lawful, right, rightful, legitimate, permitted, moral, blessed, authorized, good, proper.
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Other antonyms:
decorous, lily-white, suggested, meritorious, unerring, unobjectionable, righteous, approved, high, nocturnal, guiltless, upstanding, decent, irreproachable, honorable, blameless, creditable, venerable, perfect, encouraged, commendable, principled, licensed, endorsed, immaculate, virtuous, noble, permissible, scrupulous, inoffensive, correct, honest, clean, chaste, pure, uncorrupted, white, exemplary, seemly, respected, esteemed, elevated, nightly, high-minded, incorruptible, reputable, regular, observant, upright, supported, lofty, wholesome, spotless, worthy, sublime, just, squeaky-clean.
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against the law