illegal

Questions about illegal

What does illegal mean?

illegal means "prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules".

How many syllables are in illegal?

illegal has 3 syllables: il-le-gal. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈliɡəl/.

What is the opposite of illegal?

The recorded antonyms are legal.

Is illegal a common word?

illegal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with illegal?

3 words rhyme with illegal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.