Your conduct is perfectly legal.
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Legal
//ˈliː.ɡəl//
Synonyms for "legal" (108 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
8 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
89 entriesShowing 16 of 89 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
similar
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
197 translations across 60 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- νομικός adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- ἔννομος adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Arabic
4 entries- قانوني adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- قانوني adj (having its basis in the law)
- قانوني adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- قَانُونِيّ adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Armenian
3 entries- իրավական adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- իրավական adj (having its basis in the law)
- օրինական adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Asturian
3 entries- llegal adj (having its basis in the law)
- llegal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- xurídicu adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qanuni adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Basque
1 entries- legezko adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Belarusian
4 entries- зако́нны adj (having its basis in the law)
- зако́нны adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- лега́льны adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- пра́ўны adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зако́нен adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- зако́нов adj (having its basis in the law)
- лега́лен adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- пра́вен adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Catalan
3 entries- jurídic adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legal adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 合法 adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- 法定的 adj (having its basis in the law)
- 法律的 adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Czech
4 entries- legální adj (having its basis in the law)
- legální adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- právní adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- právní adj (having its basis in the law)
Danish
4 entries- juridisk adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- lovlig adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- retslig adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Dutch
4 entries- juridisch adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- juridisch adj (having its basis in the law)
- legaal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- legitiem adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Esperanto
4 entries- laŭleĝa adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- laŭleĝa adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- leĝa adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- leĝa adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Estonian
1 entries- seaduslik adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Finnish
4 entries- juridinen adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- juridinen adj (having its basis in the law)
- laillinen adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- lainmukainen adj (having its basis in the law)
French
2 entries- juridique adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- légal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Friulian
3 entries- juridic adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legâl adj (having its basis in the law)
- legâl adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Galician
3 entries- legal adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legal adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
German
4 entries- juristisch adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- juristisch adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- rechtlich adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Greek
3 entries- νομικός adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- νομικός adj (having its basis in the law)
- νόμιμος adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Hebrew
3 entries- חוקי adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- משפטי adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- משפטי adj (having its basis in the law)
Hindi
3 entries- विधिक adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- विधिक adj (having its basis in the law)
- विधिक adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Hungarian
2 entries- jogi adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- törvényes adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Icelandic
1 entries- löglegur adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Indonesian
1 entries- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Irish
2 entries- dleathach adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- dleathach adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Italian
3 entries- giuridico adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legale adj (having its basis in the law)
- legale adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Japanese
4 entries- 合法 adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- 法に則った adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- 法律の adj (having its basis in the law)
- 法的な adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Khmer
2 entries- តាមច្បាប់ adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- ស្របច្បាប់ adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Korean
3 entries- 법률 adj (having its basis in the law)
- 법적 adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- 합법적인 adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Latin
3 entries- legalis adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legitimus adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- lēgitimus adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Latvian
3 entries- likumīgs adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- likumīgs adj (having its basis in the law)
- likumīgs adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teisėtas adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Macedonian
3 entries- законски adj (having its basis in the law)
- законски adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- правен adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Mongolian
4 entries- албан ёсны adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- хуулийн adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- хууль ёсны adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- хууль ёсны adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- a sharia adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Norman
2 entries- légal adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- légal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- juridisk adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- lovlig adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- rettslig adj (having its basis in the law)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- juridisk adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Old English
1 entries- ǣwlīċ adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Persian
2 entries- حقوقی adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- قانونی adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Polish
4 entries- legalny adj (having its basis in the law)
- legalny adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- pełnomocny adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- prawniczy adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Portuguese
3 entries- jurídico adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legal adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Romanian
4 entries- juridic adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- juridic adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Russian
4 entries- зако́нный adj (having its basis in the law)
- зако́нный adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- лега́льный adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- правово́й adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Sardinian
2 entries- giurìdicu adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- zurìdicu adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- legalan adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- zakonit adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Sicilian
3 entries- ligali adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- ligali adj (having its basis in the law)
- ligali adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Slovak
4 entries- legálny adj (having its basis in the law)
- právny adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- právny adj (having its basis in the law)
- zákonný adj (having its basis in the law)
Slovene
3 entries- praven adj (having its basis in the law)
- pravniški adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- zakonit adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Spanish
3 entries- jurídico adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- legal adj (having its basis in the law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Swahili
2 entries- halali adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- kisheria adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Swedish
4 entries- juridisk adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- laglig adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- legal adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- rättsligt adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཁྲིམས་མཐུན adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Turkish
4 entries- adli adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- hukuki adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- hukuksal adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- kanuni adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зако́нний adj (having its basis in the law)
- зако́нний adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- лега́льний adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- пра́вний adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Venetan
3 entries- łegałe adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- łegałe adj (having its basis in the law)
- łegałe adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hợp pháp adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
- luật adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
Welsh
2 entries- cyfreithiol adj (relating to the law or to lawyers)
- cyfreithlon adj (allowed or prescribed by law)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
It is better for you to act by legal means.
Source: tatoeba (69437)
"The accused" is a legal term.
Source: tatoeba (73537)
The widespread application of administrative guidance is considered to be a uniquely Japanese practice in which bureaucrats exert authority, without any legal backing, telling the private sector what to do and what not to do.
Source: tatoeba (241132)
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