Another word for lawless
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Adjective
Prohibited by law
- Wrong or unjust:
- Unlawful:
- Not lawful; illegal.
- Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.
- Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
- Improperly formed; ungrammatical.
- Being against established or accepted rules and standards:
- Being against the law; illegal:
- Not valid or defensible:
- Prohibited by law.
- Prohibited by official rules:
- Unacceptable to or not performable by a computer:
Of, involving, or being a crime
- Wrong or unjust:
- Unlawful:
- Not lawful; illegal.
- Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.
- Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
- Improperly formed; ungrammatical.
- Being against established or accepted rules and standards:
- Being against the law; illegal:
- Not valid or defensible:
- Prohibited by law.
- Prohibited by official rules:
- Unacceptable to or not performable by a computer:
- Of, involving, or having the nature of crime:
- Relating to the administration of penal law.
- Guilty of crime.
See also:Not submitting to discipline or control
- Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
- Not inhabited or farmed:
- Uncivilized or barbarous.
- Improper; unseemly:
- Unfavorable or adverse:
- Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule:
- Difficult to keep in place or in order:
- Difficult or impossible to manage or control:
- Difficult to carry or maneuver; unwieldy:
- Incapable of being governed, restrained, or controlled.
- Impossible to control or govern:
- Showing or characterized by obstinate resistance to authority or control:
- Difficult to melt or work; resistant to heat:
- Resistant to treatment:
- Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance.
- Difficult to manage or deal with:
- Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.
- Noisily unruly or defiant:
- Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.
- Characterized by such adherence:
- Difficult to manage, control, or treat:
- Difficult to manage, deal with, or change to an acceptable condition:
- Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure:
- Difficult to persuade or keep under control, as in behavior:
- Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
- Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
- Having a peevish nature; cranky.
- Lacking regular or logical order or arrangement:
- Undisciplined; unruly:
- Disturbing the public peace or decorum.
Idioms:
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Another word for lawless
Modifier
Without law
- Belligerent; hostile.
- Of or relating to war; martial.
- Indicative of or threatening war.
- Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function:
- Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled:
- shaken; perturbed; excited
- Being in a condition of confusion or disarray.
- Physically or mentally ill.
- Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
- Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest:
- Not peaceful, the opposite of peaceful.
- Moving rapidly or violently:
- Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest:
- Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
- Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
- Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes:
- Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
- Characterized by or showing hostility:
- Extremely powerful or destructive:
- Primitive or undeveloped in culture and customs; uncivilized.
- Lacking refinement or culture; coarse:
- Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
- Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
- Socially unpolished, uncultured, or unrefined.
- Being such by birth or origin:
- Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
- Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
- Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
- Not civilized; barbaric:
- Vicious or merciless; brutal:
- Not civilized; barbarous.
- Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
- Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
- Not inhabited or farmed:
- Uncivilized or barbarous.
See also:Antonyms:Not restrained by law
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