In a lawless outpost deep within the desert, everybody wore football shoulder pads and mohawks.
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Lawless
//ˈlɔːləs//
Synonyms for "lawless" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παράνομος adj (prohibited)
- ἄνομος adj (not governed by the law)
Bulgarian
2 entries- незаконен adj (prohibited)
- необуздан adj (not restrained by the law)
Danish
2 entries- lovløs adj (not governed by the law)
- lovløs adj (not restrained by the law)
Dutch
4 entries- illegaal adj (prohibited)
- onwettig adj (prohibited)
- verboden adj (prohibited)
- wetteloos adj (not governed by the law)
Finnish
4 entries- laeista piittaamaton adj (not restrained by the law)
- lainvastainen adj (prohibited)
- laiton adj (not governed by the law)
- laiton adj (prohibited)
French
2 entries- anarchique adj (not restrained by the law)
- sans foi ni loi adj (not restrained by the law)
Georgian
2 entries- კანონგარეშე adj (prohibited)
- უკანონო adj (prohibited)
German
3 entries- gesetzlos adj (not restrained by the law)
- gesetzwidrig adj (prohibited)
- rechtsfrei adj (not governed by the law)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 adj (not governed by the law)
Latin
1 entries- illēx adj (not governed by the law)
Māori
3 entries- rāhui adj (prohibited)
- turekore adj (not governed by the law)
- turekore adj (not restrained by the law)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- lovlaus adj (not governed by the law)
- lovlaus adj (not restrained by the law)
- lovløs adj (not governed by the law)
- lovløs adj (not restrained by the law)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lovlaus adj (not governed by the law)
- lovlaus adj (not restrained by the law)
Polish
3 entries- bezprawny adj (not governed by the law)
- bezprawny adj (prohibited)
- bezprawny adj (not restrained by the law)
Portuguese
3 entries- desregrado adj (not restrained by the law)
- sem lei adj (not governed by the law)
- sem lei adj (not restrained by the law)
Spanish
1 entries- ilegal adj (not governed by the law)
Swedish
2 entries- laglös adj (not governed by the law)
- laglös adj (not restrained by the law)
Welsh
2 entries- afreolus adj (not restrained by the law)
- digyfraith adj (not governed by the law)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Better the naked and the honest than the rich and lawless.
Source: tatoeba (931027)
Moreover, he went on and on and on and on, detailing every single lawless act he committed.
Source: tatoeba (1103089)
He has gathered an army of lawless criminals.
Source: tatoeba (1931235)
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