dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/law_MWT.json
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{
"lawbreakings":{
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"even something as simple as littering is considered an example of lawbreaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"offenses",
"offences",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"faults",
"foibles",
"peccadilloes",
"peccadillos",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrimes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawmaker":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawgiver",
"legislator",
"solon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblyman",
"assemblywoman",
"congressman",
"congresswoman",
"senator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"law-abiding":{
"readily giving in to the command or authority of another":{
"examples":[
"the law-abiding citizens of the neighborhood did everything they could to help reduce street crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"duteous",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"soft",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"balky",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lawn":{
"an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass":{
"examples":[
"We had a picnic on the lawn in front of the monument.",
"a neighborhood with well-kept lawns"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"clearing",
"field",
"ground",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract",
"common(s)",
"croft",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawbreakers":{
"a person who has committed a crime":{
"examples":[
"legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs",
"enforcers",
"gunmen",
"guns",
"gunsels",
"hit men",
"triggermen",
"backsliders",
"recidivists",
"relapsers",
"repeaters",
"accused",
"arrestees",
"defendants",
"detainees",
"fish",
"fishes",
"suspects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawfulness":{
"the quality or state of being legal":{
"examples":[
"the lawyers had to work for weeks to determine the lawfulness of the proposed contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"legality",
"legitimacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rightfulness",
"rightness",
"permissibility",
"permissibleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegality",
"illegitimacy",
"unlawfulness",
"wrongfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawyer":{
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"attorney",
"attorney-at-law",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"counselor-at-law",
"legal eagle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocounsel",
"district attorney",
"prosecuting attorney",
"prosecutor",
"solicitor",
"criminal lawyer",
"mouthpiece",
"public defender",
"trial lawyer",
"solicitor",
"jurist",
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon",
"ambulance chaser",
"pettifogger",
"Philadelphia lawyer",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawyers":{
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"attorneys",
"attorneys-at-law",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counselors-at-law",
"counsels",
"legal eagles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocounsels",
"co-counsels",
"district attorneys",
"prosecuting attorneys",
"prosecutors",
"solicitors",
"criminal lawyers",
"mouthpieces",
"public defenders",
"trial lawyers",
"solicitors",
"jurists",
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons",
"ambulance chasers",
"pettifoggers",
"Philadelphia lawyers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawman":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"as the rural county's chief lawman , the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawmakers":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawgivers",
"legislators",
"solons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblymen",
"assemblywomen",
"congressmen",
"congresswomen",
"senators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawsuits":{
"a court case for enforcing a right or claim":{
"examples":[
"the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"actions",
"proceedings",
"suits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"litigations",
"cases",
"causes",
"complaints",
"counterclaims",
"countersuits",
"counter-suits",
"cross actions",
"cross-claims"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawns":{
"an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass":{
"examples":[
"We had a picnic on the lawn in front of the monument.",
"a neighborhood with well-kept lawns"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grasses",
"green",
"greenswards",
"clearings",
"fields",
"grounds",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts",
"commons",
"crofts",
"glades",
"grasslands",
"heathlands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"meadows",
"moors",
"pasturelands",
"pastures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawbreaker":{
"a person who has committed a crime":{
"examples":[
"legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug",
"enforcer",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunsel",
"hit man",
"triggerman",
"backslider",
"recidivist",
"relapser",
"repeater",
"accused",
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawless":{
"not restrained by or under the control of legal authority":{
"examples":[
"the lawless rioters were destroying everything in sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"anarchic",
"anarchical",
"disorderly",
"lawbreaking",
"unruly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defiant",
"insubordinate",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"refractory",
"riotous",
"undisciplined",
"criminal",
"felonious",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legalized",
"legitimate",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[
"law-abiding",
"orderly"
]
},
"contrary to or forbidden by law":{
"examples":[
"the level of lawless activity in the territory had reached the point where the authorities felt compelled to act"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminal",
"felonious",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"shameful",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"banned",
"barred",
"contraband",
"criminalized",
"disallowed",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"adulterine",
"bootleg",
"unauthorized",
"unlicensed",
"unsanctioned",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"corrupt",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"just",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous",
"allowed",
"permitted",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lawgivers":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"political activists strenuously lobbied the state's lawgivers to expand the scope of the civil rights legislation"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblymen",
"assemblywomen",
"congressmen",
"congresswomen",
"senators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"law":{
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"a record number of laws were passed in that legislative session"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"bill",
"constitution",
"enactment",
"ordinance",
"statute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"ruling",
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"regulation",
"rule",
"amendment",
"legislation",
"common law",
"martial law",
"blue law",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"canon",
"capitulary",
"encyclical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a collection or system of rules of conduct":{
"examples":[
"it's important to obey the law at all times, or else you might end up in jail"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"code",
"constitution",
"decalogue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discipline",
"establishment",
"common law",
"legislation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes":{
"examples":[
"a petty thief who had somehow managed to avoid the law for most of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"police"
],
"near synonyms":[
"judiciary",
"jurisprudence",
"justice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawsuit":{
"a court case for enforcing a right or claim":{
"examples":[
"the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"action",
"proceeding",
"suit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"litigation",
"case",
"cause",
"complaint",
"counterclaim",
"countersuit",
"cross action",
"cross-claim"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawmen":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"as the rural county's chief lawman , the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawgiver":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"political activists strenuously lobbied the state's lawgivers to expand the scope of the civil rights legislation"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblyman",
"assemblywoman",
"congressman",
"congresswoman",
"senator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lawbreaking":{
"not restrained by or under the control of legal authority":{
"examples":[
"some sociologists specialize in studying the lawbreaking elements of society"
],
"synonyms":[
"anarchic",
"anarchical",
"disorderly",
"lawless",
"unruly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defiant",
"insubordinate",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"refractory",
"riotous",
"undisciplined",
"criminal",
"felonious",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legalized",
"legitimate",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[
"law-abiding",
"orderly"
]
},
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"even something as simple as littering is considered an example of lawbreaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crime",
"hate crime",
"felony",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"fault",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"break",
"infringement",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"vice",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"licentiousness",
"abuse",
"criminality",
"illegality",
"lawlessness",
"unlawfulness",
"descent",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"irreproachability",
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
]
},
"activities that are in violation of the laws of the state":{
"examples":[
"an outbreak of lawbreaking plagued the city in the months following the end of the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"crime",
"criminality",
"lawlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlawry",
"gangsterism",
"hooliganism",
"racketeering",
"malfeasance",
"misconduct",
"wrongdoing",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sin",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"transgression",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"lawful":{
"permitted by law":{
"examples":[
"hunting is a lawful activity only if you have the proper license"
],
"synonyms":[
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lawlessness":{
"a state in which there is widespread wrongdoing and disregard for rules and authority":{
"examples":[
"the western frontier was notorious for its lawlessness"
],
"synonyms":[
"anarchy",
"misrule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchism",
"commotion",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"misorder",
"disruption",
"disturbance",
"havoc",
"riot",
"strife",
"turbulence",
"turmoil",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"mutiny",
"rebellion",
"revolution",
"uprising",
"criminality",
"outlawry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"law",
"law-abidingness",
"lawfulness",
"legality",
"legitimacy",
"rule",
"calmness",
"harmony",
"order",
"orderliness",
"peace",
"peaceableness",
"peacefulness",
"quiet",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"activities that are in violation of the laws of the state":{
"examples":[
"lawlessness in the city had reached an unconscionable and intolerable level"
],
"synonyms":[
"crime",
"criminality",
"lawbreaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlawry",
"gangsterism",
"hooliganism",
"racketeering",
"malfeasance",
"misconduct",
"wrongdoing",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sin",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"transgression",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"law-abidingness":{
"as in integrity , honesty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"innocency",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"morality",
"virtue",
"chastity",
"purity",
"sinlessness",
"harmlessness",
"inoffensiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blameworthiness",
"culpability",
"guilt",
"guiltiness",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"corruption",
"criminality",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"reprehensibleness",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness",
"harmfulness",
"offensiveness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laws":{
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"a record number of laws were passed in that legislative session"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"bills",
"constitutions",
"enactments",
"ordinances",
"statutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rulings",
"bylaws",
"ground rules",
"regulations",
"rules",
"amendments",
"legislations",
"common law",
"blue laws",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"restrictions",
"canons",
"capitularies",
"encyclicals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a collection or system of rules of conduct":{
"examples":[
"it's important to obey the law at all times, or else you might end up in jail"
],
"synonyms":[
"canons",
"codes",
"constitutions",
"decalogues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disciplines",
"establishments",
"common law",
"legislations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes":{
"examples":[
"a petty thief who had somehow managed to avoid the law for most of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"police"
],
"near synonyms":[
"judiciaries",
"jurisprudences",
"justices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}