lawless

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. disorderly, unruly, insubordinate, mutinous. See illegality, disobedience. Ant., lawful, law-abiding.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Without law]

Syn. wild, untamed, uncivilized, savage, native, uncultivated, barbarous, fierce, violent, turbulent, unpeaceful, tempestuous, disordered, agitated, disturbed, warlike; see also uncontrolled .

Ant. cultured*, cultivated, controlled.

2. [Not restrained by law]

Syn. insurgent, mutinous, riotous, ungovernable, nihilistic, nonconformist, unorthodox, seditious, in defiance of the law, traitorous, recusant, contumacious, seditious, revolutionary, insubordinate, disobedient, piratical, terrorizing, tyrannous, anarchic, anarchistic, anarchical, heterodox, despotic, bad, criminal, evil, infringing, noncompliant, defiant, rude, recalcitrant, refractory, transgressive; see also mobbish , rebellious 2 , unruly .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

anarchic, ungoverned, unchecked, unruly, felonious, criminal, nihilistic, barbarous, uncivilized, savage, chaotic.

ANT.: lawful, civilized, law-abiding

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Prohibited by law: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful, wrongful. See CRIMES, LAW. 2. Of, involving, or being a crime: criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongful. See CRIMES. 3. Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idiom: out of line. See CONTROL, ORDER, PEACE, RESIST.