lawful

Other forms of lawful

comparative

lawfuller·

superlative

lawfullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lawful

What does lawful mean?

lawful means "conformable to or allowed by law". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lawful?

lawful has 2 syllables: law-ful. The stress falls on "law". In IPA it is /ˈlɔfəl/.

What is another word for lawful?

Close synonyms include rule-governed, true, rightful, legitimate, licit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of lawful?

The recorded antonyms are unlawful.

Is lawful a common word?

lawful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 lawful?

1 word rhymes with lawful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.