Thesaurus
legal
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of LEGAL
1
permitted by law <the congressman's fund-raising efforts, though arguably unethical, were determined to be legal>
Related Words allowable, authorized, noncriminal, permissible; justifiable, warrantable; constitutional; de jure, regulation, statutory; good, innocent, just, proper, right
Near Antonyms bad, corrupt, evil, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong; banned, criminal, forbidden, guilty, impermissible, outlawed, prohibited, unauthorized, unjust; under-the-counter, under-the-table; nonconstitutional, unconstitutional
2
following or according to the rules <the referee declared it a legal play>
Related Words just, law-abiding; ethical, moral, principled, scrupulous; honorable, irreproachable, unimpeachable
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