colour of law

Questions about colour of law

What is another word for colour of law?

It depends which colour of law you mean. In the sense “a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law”, the synonyms are color of law. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of colour of law?

WordNet records no antonym for colour of law. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for colour of law come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of colour of law

• Full entry for colour of lawAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for colour of lawWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.