Legal is defined as something that is lawful or allowed by the law. Therefore, antonyms for legal would be something that is unauthorized, illegal, improper, or unlawful. In other words, it refers to activities or things that are prohibited by law. For instance, activities like drug abuse or traffic violations are considered illegal. Moreover, things like counterfeit products or contraband goods are deemed unauthorized or improper. Individuals indulging in such activities are punishable by law. Therefore, it is essential to follow the law and respect its guidelines. Engaging in legal activities ensures a peaceful society and a secure environment.

What are the antonyms for Legal?

• adj.

  • against the law
  • against law
  ,
  • unlawful
  .
  • all
  • illegal
  .
  • allowable, permissible
  • illegitimate
  ,
  • illicit
  ,
  • invalid
  ,
  • unacceptable
  ,
  • wrong
  .
  • below the surface
  • underground
  .
  • black-market; unlawful
  • contraband
  .
  • bootleg
  • Pirated
  ,
  • black-market
  ,
  • blackmarket
  ,
  • bootlegged
  ,
  • more black market
  ,
  • more black-market
  ,
  • more blackmarket
  ,
  • more bootlegged
  ,
  • more pirated
  ,
  • more smuggled
  ,
  • more under the counter
  ,
  • more under-the-counter
  ,
  • more unsanctioned
  ,
  • most black market
  ,
  • most black-market
  ,
  • most blackmarket
  ,
  • most bootlegged
  ,
  • most pirated
  ,
  • most smuggled
  ,
  • most under the counter
  ,
  • most under-the-counter
  ,
  • most unsanctioned
  ,
  • un authorized
  ,
  • un official
  ,
  • un sanctioned
  ,
  • un-official
  ,
  • un-sanctioned
  ,
  • under-the-counter
  ,
  • unsanctioned
  .
  • clandestine
  • cloak and dagger
  ,
  • hush hush
  ,
  • hushhush
  ,
  • in holes corners
  ,
  • on q t
  ,
  • on qt
  ,
  • on quiet
  ,
  • on the q t
  ,
  • on the quiet
  ,
  • under hand
  ,
  • under-cover
  ,
  • under-hand
  .
  • contraband
  • dis approved
  ,
  • dis-approved
  ,
  • more disapproved
  ,
  • more excluded
  ,
  • more interdicted
  ,
  • more proscribed
  ,
  • most disapproved
  ,
  • most excluded
  ,
  • most interdicted
  ,
  • most proscribed
  ,
  • pro scribed
  ,
  • pro-scribed
  ,
  • taboo
  .
  • criminal
  • indictable
  ,
  • more indictable
  ,
  • more racket
  ,
  • more unrighteous
  ,
  • more wildcat
  ,
  • most indictable
  ,
  • most racket
  ,
  • most unrighteous
  ,
  • most wildcat
  ,
  • out line
  ,
  • out of line
  ,
  • scandalous
  ,
  • shady
  ,
  • un righteous
  ,
  • un-righteous
  ,
  • unrighteous
  .
  • evil, illegal
  • wrongful
  .
  • extravagant; beyond normal limits
  • unreasonable
  .
  • forbidden
  • prohibited
  .
  • hidden, unrevealed
  • secret
  .
  • illegal
  • against the law
  ,
  • bootleg
  ,
  • extra legal
  ,
  • extra-legal
  ,
  • extralegal
  ,
  • more extralegal
  ,
  • more unlicensed
  ,
  • more unwarrantable
  ,
  • more violating
  ,
  • most extralegal
  ,
  • most unlicensed
  ,
  • most unwarrantable
  ,
  • most violating
  ,
  • not approved
  ,
  • not legal
  ,
  • out lawed
  ,
  • out-lawed
  ,
  • outside law
  ,
  • outside the law
  ,
  • un licensed
  ,
  • un warrantable
  ,
  • un warranted
  ,
  • un-licensed
  ,
  • un-warrantable
  ,
  • un-warranted
  ,
  • unconstitutional
  ,
  • under table
  ,
  • under the table
  ,
  • unlicensed
  ,
  • unwarrantable
  ,
  • unwarranted
  .
  • illegitimate
  • in valid
  ,
  • in-valid
  .
  • illegitimate, illicit
  • misbegotten
  .
  • illicit
  • contrary law
  ,
  • contrary to law
  ,
  • in violation law
  ,
  • in violation of law
  .
  • lawless
  • anarchic
  ,
  • anarchical
  ,
  • anarchistic
  ,
  • dis obedient
  ,
  • dis ordered
  ,
  • dis orderly
  ,
  • dis-obedient
  ,
  • dis-ordered
  ,
  • dis-orderly
  ,
  • in fringing
  ,
  • in subordinate
  ,
  • in-fringing
  ,
  • in-subordinate
  ,
  • insurgent
  ,
  • more anarchic
  ,
  • more anarchical
  ,
  • more anarchistic
  ,
  • more infringing
  ,
  • more piratical
  ,
  • more recusant
  ,
  • more terrorizing
  ,
  • more unpeaceful
  ,
  • most anarchic
  ,
  • most anarchical
  ,
  • most anarchistic
  ,
  • most infringing
  ,
  • most piratical
  ,
  • most recusant
  ,
  • most terrorizing
  ,
  • most unpeaceful
  ,
  • non compliant
  ,
  • non conformist
  ,
  • non-compliant
  ,
  • non-conformist
  ,
  • piratical
  ,
  • recusant
  ,
  • un civilized
  ,
  • un cultivated
  ,
  • un peaceful
  ,
  • un tamed
  ,
  • un-civilized
  ,
  • un-cultivated
  ,
  • un-peaceful
  ,
  • un-restrained
  ,
  • un-tamed
  ,
  • unpeaceful
  .
  • lawless, felonious
  • criminal
  .
  • misbegotten
  • dis honest
  ,
  • dis reputable
  ,
  • dis-honest
  ,
  • dis-reputable
  ,
  • mis begotten
  ,
  • mis-begotten
  ,
  • more unrespectable
  ,
  • most unrespectable
  ,
  • un respectable
  ,
  • un-respectable
  ,
  • unrespectable
  .
  • not sanctioned, permitted
  • unauthorized
  .
  • noun
  • amerciable
  ,
  • black market
  ,
  • corrupt
  ,
  • dirty
  ,
  • guilty
  ,
  • hot
  ,
  • lawless
  ,
  • reprobate
  ,
  • under-the-table
  ,
  • unjust
  ,
  • unprincipled
  ,
  • unscrupulous
  ,
  • vicious
  .
  • prejudiced, wrongful
  • unfair
  .
  • prohibited
  • closed down
  ,
  • more barred
  ,
  • more no no
  ,
  • more no-no
  ,
  • more nono
  ,
  • most barred
  ,
  • most no no
  ,
  • most no-no
  ,
  • most nono
  ,
  • no-no
  ,
  • nono
  ,
  • not allowed
  ,
  • off limits
  ,
  • re fused
  ,
  • re-fused
  .
  • secret
  • Shrouded
  ,
  • backdoor
  ,
  • backstairs
  ,
  • conspiratorial
  ,
  • dis guised
  ,
  • dis simulated
  ,
  • dis-guised
  ,
  • dis-simulated
  ,
  • enigmatical
  ,
  • in ambush
  ,
  • in side
  ,
  • more backdoor
  ,
  • more backstairs
  ,
  • more conspiratorial
  ,
  • more dissembled
  ,
  • more dissimulated
  ,
  • more sub rosa
  ,
  • more sub-rosa
  ,
  • more subrosa
  ,
  • more unacknowledged
  ,
  • more under the table
  ,
  • more under-the-table
  ,
  • most backdoor
  ,
  • most backstairs
  ,
  • most conspiratorial
  ,
  • most dissembled
  ,
  • most dissimulated
  ,
  • most sub rosa
  ,
  • most sub-rosa
  ,
  • most subrosa
  ,
  • most unacknowledged
  ,
  • most under the table
  ,
  • most under-the-table
  ,
  • re tired
  ,
  • sneakest
  ,
  • sub-rosa
  ,
  • subrosa
  ,
  • un acknowledged
  ,
  • un disclosed
  ,
  • un enlightened
  ,
  • un frequented
  ,
  • un known
  ,
  • un published
  ,
  • un seen
  ,
  • un-acknowledged
  ,
  • un-disclosed
  ,
  • un-enlightened
  ,
  • un-frequented
  ,
  • un-intelligible
  ,
  • un-known
  ,
  • un-published
  ,
  • unacknowledged
  ,
  • under false pretense
  ,
  • under handed
  ,
  • under-handed
  .
  • secret, sly
  • clandestine
  .
  • unauthorized
  • Unapproved
  ,
  • more unapproved
  ,
  • most unapproved
  ,
  • over the line
  ,
  • un approved
  ,
  • un justified
  ,
  • un-approved
  ,
  • un-authorized
  ,
  • un-justified
  .
  • unconstitutional
  • un constitutional
  ,
  • un-constitutional
  .
  • underground
  • avant garde
  ,
  • avantgarde
  ,
  • below ground
  ,
  • in recesses
  ,
  • in the recesses
  ,
  • more underfoot
  ,
  • most underfoot
  ,
  • on sly
  ,
  • on the sly
  ,
  • sub-terrestrial
  ,
  • un bowed
  ,
  • un conventional
  ,
  • un usual
  ,
  • un-bowed
  ,
  • un-conventional
  ,
  • un-usual
  ,
  • unbowed
  ,
  • under foot
  ,
  • under ground
  ,
  • under-foot
  ,
  • under-ground
  .
  • unfair
  • dis creditable
  ,
  • dis criminatory
  ,
  • dis honorable
  ,
  • dis-creditable
  ,
  • dis-criminatory
  ,
  • dis-honorable
  ,
  • in equitable
  ,
  • in excusable
  ,
  • in-equitable
  ,
  • in-excusable
  ,
  • more cheating
  ,
  • more unrightful
  ,
  • more unsporting
  ,
  • most unsporting
  ,
  • one sided
  ,
  • onesided
  ,
  • un due
  ,
  • un duest
  ,
  • un ethical
  ,
  • un fair
  ,
  • un fairer
  ,
  • un fairest
  ,
  • un just
  ,
  • un juster
  ,
  • un justest
  ,
  • un justifiable
  ,
  • un principled
  ,
  • un rightful
  ,
  • un scrupulous
  ,
  • un sporting
  ,
  • un-due
  ,
  • un-duer
  ,
  • un-duest
  ,
  • un-ethical
  ,
  • un-fair
  ,
  • un-fairer
  ,
  • un-fairest
  ,
  • un-just
  ,
  • un-juster
  ,
  • un-justest
  ,
  • un-justifiable
  ,
  • un-principled
  ,
  • un-rightful
  ,
  • un-scrupulous
  ,
  • un-sporting
  ,
  • uncalledfor
  ,
  • unrightful
  ,
  • unsporting
  .
  • unlawful
  • un lawful
  ,
  • un-lawful
  .
  • unreasonable
  • Absonant
  ,
  • costing an arm a leg
  ,
  • costing an arm and a leg
  ,
  • costing an arm and leg
  ,
  • costing an arm leg
  ,
  • costing arm a leg
  ,
  • costing arm and a leg
  ,
  • costing arm and leg
  ,
  • costing arm leg
  ,
  • farout
  ,
  • in temperate
  ,
  • in-ordinate
  ,
  • in-temperate
  ,
  • more overkill
  ,
  • more too too
  ,
  • more too-too
  ,
  • more tootoo
  ,
  • most absonant
  ,
  • most too too
  ,
  • most tootoo
  ,
  • over kill
  ,
  • over much
  ,
  • over-kill
  ,
  • overkill
  ,
  • pricey
  ,
  • priciest
  ,
  • too great
  ,
  • too too
  ,
  • too-too
  ,
  • tootoo
  ,
  • un conscionable
  ,
  • un reasonable
  ,
  • un-conscionable
  ,
  • un-reasonable
  ,
  • up here
  ,
  • up to here
  .
  • wrong
  • amoral
  ,
  • dis solute
  ,
  • dis-solute
  ,
  • in decent
  ,
  • in-decent
  ,
  • more amoral
  ,
  • most amoral
  ,
  • pro fane
  ,
  • pro-fane
  ,
  • re prehensible
  ,
  • re probate
  ,
  • re-prehensible
  ,
  • re-probate
  ,
  • un godlier
  ,
  • un godliest
  ,
  • un godly
  ,
  • un holier
  ,
  • un holiest
  ,
  • un holy
  ,
  • un-godlier
  ,
  • un-godliest
  ,
  • un-godly
  ,
  • un-holier
  ,
  • un-holiest
  ,
  • un-holy
  .

• imp. & p. p.

  • noun
  • embezzled
  .

• v.

  • noun
  • outlaw
  .

• Other relevant words:

• rotten
,
• vile
.

Usage examples for Legal

Famous quotes with Legal

• I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

  Jack Abramoff
• No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

  Joseph Addison
• FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.

  Felix Adler
• If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.

  Felix Adler
• I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

  Todd Akin

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