Outlaw
Contents
English
Noun
Outlaw (plural Outlaws)- A fugitive from the law.
- A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
- A person who operates outside established norms.
- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
- A wild horse.
Synonyms
- (person that operates outside established norms): anti-hero
Verb
Outlaw (third-person singular simple present Outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)
- To declare illegal
- To place a ban under
Adjectives for Outlaw
excommunicated; renegade; tattered; dauntless.
Adverbs for Outlaw
legitimately; legally; socially; morally; spiritually; economically; timorously; passionately; traditionally.
Thesaurus
DP, Ishmael, Judas, Uitlander, abstract, actionable, against the law, alien, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, bad guy, bad person, badman, ban, bandit, banish, bar, barbarian, betrayer, black-market, blackball, blacklist, bootleg, boycott, brigand, cast off, cast out, castaway, chargeable, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, contraband, contrary to law, convict, criminal, crook, cut, cut out, debar, deceiver, declasse, delinquent, deny, deport, deracine, derelict, desperado, desperate criminal, disallow, disfellowship, displaced person, dispose of, double-dealer, eject, elide, eliminate, embargo, emigre, enjoin, eradicate, evictee, evildoer, exclude, exclude from, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, expellee, extradite, felon, felonious, flawed, footpad, forbid, foreign devil, foreigner, fugitate, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, gringo, gunman, gunslinger, highwayman, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, inhibit, interdict, irregular, jailbird, justiciable, lawbreaker, lawless, leper, liquidate, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, misfeasor, mobster, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, ostracize, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlander, outlawed, outsider, pariah, persona non grata, picaroon, pick out, pirate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, public enemy, punishable, purge, quisling, racketeer, refugee, refuse, reject, relegate, remove, renegade, repress, robber, root out, root up, rule out, rusticate, say no to, scofflaw, send away, send down, send to Coventry, shut out, sinner, snub, social outcast, spurn, stranger, strike off, strike out, suppress, swindler, taboo, the Wandering Jew, thief, throw over, throw overboard, thrust out, thug, traitor, tramontane, transgressor, transport, triable, two-timer, ultramontane, unacceptable person, unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undesirable, unlawful, unofficial, unstatutory, untouchable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, villain, wanderer, weed out, worker of ill, wrongdoer, wrongful
Etymology
From Middle English outlaue (“banished”).
Translations
Noun
|
|
|
|
Verb
External links
- Outlaw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Outlaw in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Outlaw at OneLook Dictionary Search
