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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Three legal experts in the US told the BBC that a blockade could violate maritime law.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Swalwell and his team threatened legal action against several individuals, Swalwell’s attorney Elias Dabaie confirmed to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Does that open them up to legal challenges?

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

She doesn’t have a lawyer, but after the Justice Department proposed it, she filed a legal brief in the case demanding compensation as a victim.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

The people who were legal “property” of presidents were among the millions of enslaved people who lived and toiled in America—and who were stuck in the shadows, too.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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