Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bootleg

2 senses of bootleg

Sense 1
moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor -- (whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash)
       => corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn -- (whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn)

Sense 2
bootleg -- (the part of a boot above the instep)
       => covering -- (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bootleg

2 senses of bootleg

Sense 1
bootleg -- (sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey")
       => sell -- (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit")

Sense 2
bootleg -- (produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing")
       => produce, make, create -- (create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries")

Antonyms of adj bootleg

1 sense of bootleg

Sense 1
bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled -- (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes")

INDIRECT (VIA illegal) -> legal -- (established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules)

Similarity of adj bootleg

1 sense of bootleg

Sense 1
bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled -- (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes")
       => illegal (vs. legal) -- (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move")