Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.
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Illegal
//ɪˈli.ɡəl//
Synonyms for "illegal" (157 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (78)
Adjective(13 words)
nonlegalnonlicitnonpermissiblenot donenot permittednot the thingoff baseoff coloroff limitsoff-baseoff-colorout of boundsout of lineout-of-lineoutlawproscribedruled outsacrilegiousscandalousshameful
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shamelesssinfultabootabooedterribletriableunallowedunauthorizedunbalancedunconstitutionalunder counterunder the banunder-the-counterunder-the-tableundeservedundocumented immigrantundueunequalunequitableunevenunfitunfittingunjustunlawfulunlicensedunmeetunmeritedunofficialunpermissibleunratifiedunrighteousunrightfulunsanctionedunseemlyunstatutoryunsuitableuntouchableunwarrantableunwarrantedverbotenvetoedwickedwrongwrongful
Noun(1 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
13 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
Translations
143 translations across 61 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- paligjshme adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- παράνομος adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- παράνομος adj (prohibited by established rules)
- ἀθέμιτος adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Arabic
1 entries- غَيْر قَانُونِيٍّ adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Armenian
2 entries- անօրինական adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ապօրինի adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Assamese
4 entries- অবৈধ adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- আইন বিৰোধী adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- চোৰাং adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- বেআইনী adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Asturian
1 entries- illegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- qadağan adj (prohibited by established rules)
- qanunsuz adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- qeyri-leqal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- qeyri-qanuni adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Belarusian
2 entries- незако́нны adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- нелега́льны adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Bulgarian
3 entries- забранен adj (prohibited by established rules)
- незаконен adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- нелегален adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Catalan
2 entries- il·legal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- il·legal adj (prohibited by established rules)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不合法的 adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- 不法的 adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- 非法的 adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Czech
2 entries- ilegální adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- nezákonný adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Dutch
3 entries- illegaal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- onwettig adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- strafbaar adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Esperanto
1 entries- kontraŭleĝa adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Estonian
3 entries- ebaseaduslik adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- illegaalne adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- seadusvastane adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Finnish
3 entries- lainvastainen adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- laiton adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- sääntöjen vastainen adj (prohibited by established rules)
French
1 entries- illégal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Galician
3 entries- ilegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ilegal adj (prohibited by established rules)
- ilícito adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Georgian
4 entries- აკრძალული adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- არაკანონიერი adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- არალეგალური adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- კანონსაწინააღმდეგო adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
German
3 entries- illegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- illegal adj (prohibited by established rules)
- rechtswidrig adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Greek
4 entries- άνομος adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- έκνομος adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- απαγορευμένος adj (prohibited by established rules)
- παράνομος adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Hawaiian
2 entries- kū ʻole i ke kānāwai adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- mawaho o ke kānāwai adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Hebrew
1 entries- בלתי חוקי adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Hindi
3 entries- अवैध adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ख़िलाफ़क़ानून adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ग़ैरक़ानूनी adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Hungarian
1 entries- illegális adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Icelandic
1 entries- ólöglegur adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Irish
4 entries- aindleathach adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- mídhleathach adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- neamhdhleathach adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- neamhdhlíthiúil adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Italian
1 entries- illegale adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Japanese
3 entries- 不法の adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- 違法の adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- 違法の adj (prohibited by established rules)
Kazakh
1 entries- заңсыз adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Khmer
1 entries- ខុសច្បាប់ adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Korean
2 entries- 반칙의 adj (prohibited by established rules)
- 불법적인 adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Latin
1 entries- illicitus adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Latvian
1 entries- pretlikumīgs adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Lithuanian
1 entries- neteisėtas adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Macedonian
4 entries- и́легален adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- недозволен adj (prohibited by established rules)
- незаконит adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- незаконски adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Malay
1 entries- haram adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Mongolian
1 entries- хууль бус adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Māori
2 entries- turekore adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- turekore adj (prohibited by established rules)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- derqanûn adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- memnûh adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- memnûh adj (prohibited by established rules)
- neqanûnî adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- forbudt adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- illegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- lovstridig adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ulovlig adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ulovleg adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Occitan
1 entries- illegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onjesazlich adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Polish
2 entries- nielegalny adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- nielegał noun (undercover spy)
Portuguese
3 entries- ilegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ilegal adj (prohibited by established rules)
- proibido adj (prohibited by established rules)
Romanian
3 entries- ilegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ilegal adj (prohibited by established rules)
- nelegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Russian
4 entries- неве́рный adj (prohibited by established rules)
- незако́нный adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- нелега́льный adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- непра́вильный adj (prohibited by established rules)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ilegalan adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- nezakonit adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Slovak
2 entries- ilegálny adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- nezákonný adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Spanish
2 entries- ilegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ilegal adj (prohibited by established rules)
Swahili
2 entries- haramu adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- haramu adj (prohibited by established rules)
Swedish
3 entries- illegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- lagstridig adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- olaglig adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Tatar
1 entries- яшерен adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Thai
1 entries- ที่ผิดกฎหมาย adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Turkish
2 entries- illegal adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- yasa dışı adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Ukrainian
2 entries- незако́нний adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- нелега́льний adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Urdu
2 entries- غیرقانونی adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- ناجائز adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Uyghur
1 entries- قانۇنسىز adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bất hợp pháp adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- trái phép adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Welsh
2 entries- anghyfreithiol adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- anghyfreithlon adj (contrary to or forbidden by law)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I was fined 20 dollars for illegal parking.
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The minister was in a fix over illegal dealings.
Source: tatoeba (45486)
The serious job shortage is also affecting those illegal foreign workers.
Source: tatoeba (50317)
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