legal

[lee-guhl] / ˈli gəl /

ADJECTIVE

allowable, permissible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid

WEAK

acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law

Antonyms

STRONGEST

illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful

WEAK

illicit wrong

Example Sentences

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McMahon said the government wanted to "close the loophole" in the 1971 act, but said legal advice was needed to say whether any change could apply retrospectively and therefore allow Ahmed to be deported.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

A legal fight between MP Materials and USA Rare Earth complicates the breakneck effort to loosen China’s hold over critical materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

One more California legal and constitutional regulation — a very disputatious, valuable and complicated one — derived from Spanish and Mexican practices, very different from East Coast ones: water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

The legal win — as well as his loss in the birthright citizenship case — no doubt put more fuel in the president’s tank.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

Bobby insisted that his passport was perfectly legal and had two and a half years to go before it expired.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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