law

The word “law” has 1 syllable: law

It's pronounced as /lɔː/


What is synonym and antonym for law?

In the thesaurus, “law” has 92 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for law along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for law

  • act
  • amendment
  • assize
  • assumption
  • axiom
  • base
  • behest
  • bidding
  • bill
  • blue law
  • bylaw
  • canon
  • capitulary
  • case
  • cause
  • caveat
  • charge
  • charter
  • code
  • command
  • commandment
  • common law
  • constitution
  • covenant
  • criterion
  • decalogue
  • decision
  • decree
  • decretum
  • demand
  • dictate
  • directive
  • discipline
  • divestiture
  • due process
  • edict
  • enactment
  • encyclical
  • equity
  • establishment
  • exigency
  • fiat
  • formula
  • foundation
  • fundamental
  • garnishment
  • generalization
  • ground
  • ground rule
  • guide
  • injunction
  • institute
  • instruction
  • judiciary
  • jurisprudence
  • justice
  • legislation
  • mandate
  • martial law
  • maxim
  • measure
  • notice
  • order
  • ordinance
  • origin
  • police
  • postulate
  • precedent
  • precept
  • prescript
  • prescription
  • principium
  • prohibition
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • proscription
  • reason
  • reg
  • regulation
  • requirement
  • restriction
  • rule
  • ruling
  • source
  • statute
  • subpoena
  • summons
  • theorem
  • truth
  • usage
  • warrant
  • writ

Antonyms for law

Meanings of law

  • noun
    1. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
    2. A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
    3. (more generally) A rule, such as:.
    4. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
    5. A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
    6. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
    7. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
    8. Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
    9. An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
    10. One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
    11. An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".).
    12. A tumulus of stones.
    13. A hill.
  • verb
    1. To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
    2. To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
    3. To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
    4. To enforce the law.
    5. To subject to legal restrictions.
  • interjection
    1. An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

Example Sentences

  • He decided to study law at a prestigious university.
  • The new law aims to protect endangered species.
  • Breaking the law can lead to serious consequences.
  • She specializes in corporate law and has years of experience.
  • Everyone is expected to abide by the law in a civilized society.

On this page you'll find 96 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to law, such as: act, amendment, assize, assumption, axiom, base, behest.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ABC

  • alphabet
  • axiom
  • basics
  • basis
  • bedrock
  • belief
  • canon
  • cornerstone
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • elements
  • essentials
  • faith
  • foundation
  • fundamentals
  • grammar
  • groundwork
  • keystone
  • law
  • nitty-gritty
  • philosophy
  • precept
  • principles
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • standard
  • tenet
  • theorem
  • underpinning

ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
  • article
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • authority
  • averment
  • avowal
  • axiom
  • background
  • bare bones
  • basal
  • base
  • basic
  • basics
  • basis
  • beacon
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • beginning
  • beginnings
  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • brief
  • bulletin
  • burden
  • canon
  • cap
  • capital
  • case
  • catalog
  • center
  • chapter and verse
  • character
  • characterization
  • characters
  • charge
  • chronicle
  • circumstance
  • circumstantiality
  • clear
  • clue
  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
  • communication
  • compendium
  • component
  • condition
  • confession
  • constituent
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corpus
  • count
  • crux
  • cue
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • description
  • design
  • detail
  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
  • effect
  • ejaculation
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • enchiridion
  • essence
  • essential
  • essentiality
  • essentials
  • explanation
  • explication
  • facile
  • fact
  • factor
  • facts of life
  • faith
  • feature
  • fine point
  • fingerprint
  • fire and ice
  • first principles
  • first steps
  • focus
  • foot
  • footing
  • foundation
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  • fraction
  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
  • handbook
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
  • introductory
  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • know
  • landmark
  • law
  • linguistics
  • lodestar
  • lowdown
  • majuscule
  • make
  • manifesto
  • manual
  • mark
  • marker
  • marrow
  • mass
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mention
  • minor point
  • minuscule
  • minutia
  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
  • principium
  • principle
  • principles
  • print
  • proclamation
  • profession
  • prop
  • protestation
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • remark
  • report
  • representation
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • run down
  • rundown
  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
  • significance
  • signpost
  • signs
  • simplest
  • simplex
  • simplified
  • sine qua non
  • singularity
  • sketch
  • small letter
  • soul
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • specific
  • specification
  • standard
  • staple
  • statement
  • stay
  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • substance
  • substratal
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sum total
  • summarization
  • summary
  • support
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tab
  • tagmemics
  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • underpinning
  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

fact

  • accomplishment
  • act
  • action
  • actuality
  • adventure
  • affair
  • appearance
  • article
  • aspect
  • authenticity
  • basis
  • being
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • case
  • certainty
  • certitude
  • circumstance
  • component
  • conception
  • concrete happening
  • consideration
  • constituent
  • construction
  • creation
  • data
  • database
  • datum
  • deed
  • detail
  • dope
  • element
  • entity
  • episode
  • event
  • evidence
  • exhibit
  • experience
  • facet
  • factor
  • factuality
  • fait accompli
  • feature
  • findings
  • genuineness
  • gospel
  • gospel truth
  • happening
  • how it is
  • incident
  • inevitability
  • information
  • ingredient
  • intelligence
  • item
  • knowledge
  • law
  • like it is
  • manifestation
  • materiality
  • matter
  • member
  • naked truth
  • nicety
  • occurrence
  • organism
  • palpability
  • part
  • particular
  • particularity
  • performance
  • permanence
  • phenomenon
  • point
  • proceeding
  • reality
  • scene
  • scripture
  • solidity
  • specific
  • stability
  • statistic
  • substantiality
  • thing
  • transaction
  • truism
  • truth
  • verity

narc

  • Benedict Arnold
  • Federal
  • G-man
  • agent provocateur
  • arm of the law
  • backstabber
  • badge
  • bear
  • beat cop
  • betrayer
  • blabbermouth
  • black and white
  • blue
  • bluecoat
  • bobby
  • bull
  • canary
  • constable
  • constabulary
  • cop
  • copper
  • corps
  • county mounty
  • deceiver
  • decoy
  • deep throat
  • detective
  • dick
  • double-crosser
  • fed
  • finest
  • fink
  • flatfoot
  • force
  • fuzz
  • gendarme
  • gumshoe
  • hawkshaw
  • heat
  • informant
  • informer
  • investigator
  • law
  • law enforcement
  • man
  • nark
  • officer
  • officers
  • oink
  • operative
  • patrol
  • patrolman
  • patrolwoman
  • peace officer
  • pig
  • plainclothesman
  • plant
  • police
  • police informer
  • police officer
  • policewoman
  • private detective
  • private eye
  • private investigator
  • rat
  • rat fink
  • scab
  • shadow
  • shamus
  • sherlock
  • shill
  • sleuth
  • sleuthhound
  • snake
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • source
  • spy
  • squad
  • squealer
  • stool pigeon
  • stoolie
  • tail
  • tattler
  • tattletale
  • tipster
  • tracer
  • tracker
  • traitor
  • troops
  • turncoat
  • weasel
  • whistle-blower

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