America has an elaborate system of constitutional checks and balances.
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Constitutional
//ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n.(ə)l//
Synonyms for "constitutional" (173 found)
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40 entriesanti-constitutionalanticonstitutionalanticonstitutionalistanticonstitutionallyconstitutional amendmentconstitutional carryconstitutional courtconstitutional crisisconstitutional lawconstitutional monarchistconstitutional monarchyconstitutional rightconstitutional silverconstitutional typeconstitutionalisationconstitutionalise
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6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بُنْيَوِيّ adj (for the benefit of one's constitution or health)
- دُسْتُورِيّ adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- دُسْتُورِيّ adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Armenian
2 entries- սահմանադրական adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- սահմանադրական adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Breton
1 entries- bonreizhel adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Bulgarian
2 entries- конституционен adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- конституционен adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Catalan
2 entries- constitucional adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constitucional adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Czech
2 entries- ústavní adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- ústavní adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Danish
4 entries- forfatningsmæssig adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- forfatningsmæssig adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- konstitutionel adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- konstitutionel adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Dutch
4 entries- constitutioneel adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constitutioneel adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- grondwettelijk adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- grondwettelijk adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Esperanto
1 entries- konstitucia adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Finnish
2 entries- perustuslaillinen adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- perustuslaillinen adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
French
2 entries- constitutionnel adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constitutionnel adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Galician
2 entries- constitucional adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constitucional adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Georgian
2 entries- კონსტიტუციური adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- კონსტიტუციური adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
German
3 entries- verfassungsgemäß adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- verfassungsmäßig adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- verfassungsmäßig adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Greek
2 entries- συνταγματικός adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- συνταγματικός adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Hebrew
1 entries- חוקתי adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkati adj (belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or structure of one's body or mind)
- alkotmány adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- alkotmányos adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- alkotmányos adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Irish
2 entries- bunreachtúil adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- bunreachtúil adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Italian
2 entries- costituzionale adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- costituzionale adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Kazakh
1 entries- конституциялық adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Macedonian
2 entries- у́ставен adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- у́ставен adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Manx
2 entries- bunraghtoil adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- bunraghtoil adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- grunnlovsbundet adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- grunnlovsbundet adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- grunnlovsmessig adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- grunnlovsmessig adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- konstitusjonell adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- konstitusjonell adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Persian
1 entries- مشروطه adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Polish
2 entries- konstytucyjny adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- konstytucyjny adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Portuguese
2 entries- constitucional adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constitucional adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Romanian
2 entries- constituțional adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constituțional adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Russian
2 entries- конституцио́нный adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- конституцио́нный adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ȕstāvan adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- ȕstāvan adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- у̏ста̄ван adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- у̏ста̄ван adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Slovak
4 entries- ústavný adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- ústavný adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- ústavodarný adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- ústavodarný adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Spanish
2 entries- constitucional adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- constitucional adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Swedish
4 entries- författningsenlig adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- författningsenlig adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
- grundlagsenlig adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- grundlagsenlig adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Turkish
2 entries- anayasal adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- anayasal adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Tuvan
1 entries- конституциялыг adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Ukrainian
1 entries- конституці́йний adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Yakut
1 entries- конституционнай adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
Yiddish
2 entries- קאָנסטיטוציאָנעל adj (relating to a legal or political constitution)
- קאָנסטיטוציאָנעל adj (in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution)
Sample sentences
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It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.
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Our whole case hinges on whether the government's actions were constitutional or not.
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The constitutional court will issue a decision by noon today.
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