outlaw

1. 1.

   someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

   Synonymscriminalfeloncrookmalefactor

   Broaderprincipal

   Narroweraccessoryarsonistblackmailerbootleggerbriberconspiratordesperadofugitivegangsterhighbinder

1. 1.

   declare illegal; outlaw

   “Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.”

   Synonymscriminalizecriminaliseillegalizeillegalise

   Antonymslegalize

   Broaderforbid

   Narrowerban

Other forms of outlaw

plural

outlaws·

past tense

outlawed·

present participle

outlawing·

comparative

outlawer·

superlative

outlawest·

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 outlaw

What does outlaw mean?

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

How many syllables are in outlaw?

outlaw has 2 syllables: out-law. The stress falls on "out". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˌlɔ/.

What is another word for outlaw?

Close synonyms include illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful, lawless. 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 outlaw?

The recorded antonyms are legalize.

Is outlaw a common word?

outlaw 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 outlaw?

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