Legalese

/ˌli.ɡəˈliz/

Synonyms for "legalese" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(3 words)
bureaucratesebureaucratic prosegobbledygook
Adjective(1 words)
bureaucratic language

Strong matches (8)

Noun(5 words)
lawspeaklawyerly dictionlegal jargonlegal languagelegal-code language
Adjective(2 words)
legal frenchlegal terminology

Related words (12)

Noun(7 words)
legalismslegalistic proselegalspeaklinguagem jurídicamouthfulobscurantist languagestatutory language
Adjective(1 words)
regulatory language

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

4 entries
expressive stylelinguistic registerspecialized languagestyle

More specific

5 entries
archaic termsboilerplate languagecontract boilerplatecourtroom jargonredundant phrasing

Collocations

6 entries
dense legaleseheavy legaleselegalese phraseslegalese termslegalese textlegalese writing

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries
legalese stylelegalese usage

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This article is full of legalese.

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I can't understand any of this legalese.

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I don't speak legalese.

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I can't understand legalese.

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