Synonyms Dictionary
6. wickedness, iniquity, corruption, venality, bribery; depravity, degeneracy, dissoluteness; roguery, knavery, rascality. lawmaker, n. 1. legislator, lawgiver, solon, elder statesman, statesman, politician, politico.
2. Member of Congress, M.C., Member of Parliament, M.P.; senator, congressman or congresswoman, legislatrix, U.S. congressman-at-large, representative, SI. rep, Amer. Hist, burgess, conscript fathers; state legislator, state senator, state representative, U.S. assemblyman; councilman, (in most New England states) selectman. lawn1, n. greensward, grassplot, patch of grass, green, grassy land; grass, turf, sod, sward, artificial grass, Trademark. Astroturf; grounds, gardens, grassland, field, meadow, Archaic, mead; greenery, verdure, green vegetation, herbage, pasturage. lawn2, n. linen, cotton cloth; cloth, fabric, material, textile, woven fabric. lawsuit, n. litigation, contention, dispute, argument, legal argument, disputation; suit at law, legal action or proceedings, legal remedy; action, proceedings, case, cause, bringing of charges, laying of charges, bringing to book; prosecution, arraignment, indictment, allegation, charge, bill of particulars. lawyer, n. 1. attorney, attorney-at-law, legal advisor, Law. counsel, counselor, courselor-at-law, advocate; officer of the court, member of the bar, legal practitioner, legalist; legist, jurist, jurisprudent, Civil Law. jurisconsult, civilian; pleader, friend of the court, amicus curiae; patent attorney, conveyancer, criminal lawyer, public defender, defense counsel, attorney for the defense; prosecutor, prosecuting attorney, district attorney, Inf. D. A., public prosecutor, attorney general; SI. shyster, SI. ambulance chaser, SI. jailhouse lawyer, SI. latrine lawyer, SI. mouthpiece, Inf pettifogger, Inf. Philadelphia lawyer.
2. agent, factor, deputy, proctor, proxy, substitute, procurator, attorney-in-fact; mediator, intermediator, intercessor, ombudsman, go-between, spokesman, negotiant, arbitrator.
3. judge, justice, judicator, moderator, justice-of-the-peace, J.P., magistrate, jurat, notary, scrivener.
4. British, barrister, solicitor, bencher, gownsman, king's or queen's Counsel, K. C. or Q. C., Old. Eng. Law. tubman, Old Eng. Law. postman. lax, adj. 1. loose, slack, negligent, neglectful, remiss; careless, inattentive, inadvertent, unmindful, unthoughtful, unthinking, nonobservant, disregardful; imprudent, injudicious, indiscreet, uncircumspect; unwary, incautious, off-guard, unguarded, asleep at the switch, unheeding, heedless; unreliable, undependable, insecure, unsound, infirm, unsolid, unstable, unsubstantial, unsteady, desultory.
2. inexact, inaccurate, unprecise, unmeticulous, un-rigorous, unconscientious, unfussy, unpunctilious; nonspecific, broad, general, shapeless, amorphous, SI. blobby; vague, indefinite, indecisive, random, inchoate, disordered, chaotic, hit-or-miss, Inf. chancy.
3. unstrict, undemanding, nonrestrictive; gentle, lenient, permissive, overpermissive, overindulgent, easy, easygoing, Inf. wishy-washy, weak, relaxed, complaisant, mild, moderate, mellow, tender, unexacting, tolerant, indulgent, forbearing; malleable, elastic, pliable, pliant, tractable, flexile, flexible.
4. disorderly, sloppy, untidy, Inf. messy; slovenly, slatternly, SI. raunchy; unorganized, Inf. harum-scarum; casual, indifferent; perfunctory, blase, devil-may-care, thoughtless, forgetful, absent-minded; lackadaisical, listless, apathetic; lazy, indolent, improvident, free and easy, untroubled, unconcerned, unworried, happy-go-lucky, insouciant.
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