/ Thesaurus / L Synonyms of legislating Find synonyms for: Noun1. legislation, legislating, lawmaking, government, governing, governance, government activity, administrationusage: the act of making or enacting lawsVerb1. legislate, pass, ordain, enactusage: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: heifer Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language