Illegal

//ɪˈli.ɡəl//

Synonyms for "illegal" (157 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (47)

Related words (78)

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Translations

143 translations across 61 languages.

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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.

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Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.

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I was fined 20 dollars for illegal parking.

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The minister was in a fix over illegal dealings.

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The serious job shortage is also affecting those illegal foreign workers.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.