Illegal : synonyms and lexical field

Synonyms > Synonyms beginning with I > Illegal

Looking for words with meaning close to 'illegal': discover synonyms for the word illegal, such as outlawed or ill-gotten.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as illegal. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": unlawful and illicit.

Our list of words and synonyms offered here allows for example to find variants for your content or web page improvements.

Test the SEO analysis tool

Synonyms for illegal sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for illegal Degree of synonymy of illegal Frequency in the language

outlawed
39985 0.88

ill-gotten
39985 0

unlawful
39985 0.76

criminal
39985 34.47

illicit
39985 0.71

extrajudicial
39984 0.02

extralegal
39984 0.02

outlaw
39983 2.92

illegitimate
39983 1.33

felonious
39981 0.27

misbranded
39979 0

under-the-counter
39978 0

prohibited
39975 1.31

banned
39974 2.69

penal
39971 1.29

ineligible
39971 0.20

punishable
39971 0.82

nonlegal
39964 0

unratified
39953 0

dirty
39952 66.45

Lexical field of "illegal"

unlawful
illicit
prohibited
outlawed
banned
contraband
illegitimate
criminal
ineligible
outlaw
punishable
smuggled
bootleg
extrajudicial
misbranded
extralegal
dirty
felonious
misappropriated
mislabeled
nonlegal
embezzled
penal
unratified
hot
black
amerciable
black-market
ill-gotten
under-the-counter
unauthorized
improper
unlicensed
lawful
fraudulent
smuggling
forbidden
unlawfully
clandestine
surreptitious
unapproved
unauthorised
unconstitutional
prohibits
wrongful
unregulated
unscrupulous
unfair
undeclared
impermissible