What are the opposite words for illegitimate?
The word "illegitimate" refers to something that is not lawful or recognized by law. Antonyms of this word can be used to describe things that are legitimate, lawful, or recognized. Legitimate belongs to the same category as accepted, recognized, and lawful. Legal, authorized, and permissible also make excellent antonyms for illegitimate, as they all describe something that is acceptable according to law or regulations. Respectable, moral, and ethical are other antonyms for this word, with meanings that center around something being honest or justifiable. Ultimately, the antonyms of illegitimate describe the opposite of something that is illegitimate, lawful, lawful, or justifiable.
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- true
- approved
- authorized
- legal
- bona fide
- fair
- genuine
- justifiable
- lawful
- rightful
- admissible
- constitutional
- legitimate
- permissible
- sanctioned
- valid
- right
- all
- able or deserving of consideration; allowable
- authentic and genuine
- provided for by law
- impartial, unprejudiced
- authentic, real
- not legal
- reasonable, well-founded
- allowable, legitimate
- allowable, permissible
- authentic, valid, legal
- allowable, legal
- real, valid; concordant with facts
- Other relevant words
- true
- approved
- authorized
- legal
- bona fide
- fair
-
genuine
- carat,
- honest-to-goodness,
- in the flesh,
- real stuff,
- sure-enough,
- unalloyed,
- ex act,
- ex-act,
- for real,
- honest to goodness,
- in dubitable,
- in flesh,
- in-dubitable,
- more -carat,
- more authenticated,
- more carat,
- more honest to goodness,
- more honest-to-goodness,
- more sure enough,
- more sure-enough,
- more sureenough,
- more unalloyed,
- more undesigning,
- more unpretended,
- more well established,
- more wellestablished,
- most -carat,
- most authenticated,
- most carat,
- most honest to goodness,
- most honest-to-goodness,
- most sure enough,
- most sure-enough,
- most sureenough,
- most unalloyed,
- most undesigning,
- most unpretended,
- most well established,
- most well-established,
- most wellestablished,
- re liabler,
- re liablest,
- re-liable,
- re-liabler,
- re-liablest,
- sureenough,
- un adulterated,
- un alloyed,
- un designing,
- un doubted,
- un feigned,
- un impeachable,
- un pretended,
- un varnished,
- un-adulterated,
- un-alloyed,
- un-doubted,
- un-feigned,
- un-impeachable,
- un-pretended,
- un-questionable,
- un-varnished,
- unpretended,
- well established,
- wellestablished.
- justifiable
-
lawful
- condign,
- jural,
- juridical,
- card-carrying,
- on the up and up,
- card carrying,
- cardcarrying,
- de creed,
- de-creed,
- in nocent,
- in-nocent,
- more card carrying,
- more card-carrying,
- more cardcarrying,
- more commanded,
- more condign,
- more decreed,
- more enacted,
- more enjoined,
- more judged,
- more jural,
- more juridical,
- more jurisprudent,
- more legalized,
- more legislated,
- more legitimatized,
- more passed,
- more warrantable,
- most card carrying,
- most card-carrying,
- most cardcarrying,
- most commanded,
- most condign,
- most decreed,
- most enacted,
- most enjoined,
- most judged,
- most jural,
- most juridical,
- most jurisprudent,
- most legalized,
- most legislated,
- most legitimatized,
- most passed,
- of right,
- on and up,
- on the and up,
- on the up,
- on the up up,
- on up,
- on up up.
- rightful
-
admissible
- licit,
- logical,
- pertinent,
- Tolerated,
- FAIRER,
- concedable,
- not impossible,
- not unlikely,
- all owed,
- all-owed,
- more acceptable,
- more allowed,
- more concedable,
- more fitting,
- more reasonable,
- more suitable,
- more tolerated,
- most allowed,
- most concedable,
- most possible,
- most tolerated,
- re levant,
- re-levant.
- constitutional
- legitimate
- permissible
- sanctioned
- valid
- right
- all
- able or deserving of consideration; allowable
- authentic and genuine
- provided for by law
-
impartial, unprejudiced
- fair.
- authentic, real
-
not legal
- authorized,
- blessed,
- ethical,
- good,
- justifiable,
- lawful,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- moral,
- proper,
- right,
- sanctioned,
- warranted.
- reasonable, well-founded
- allowable, legitimate
- allowable, permissible
- authentic, valid, legal
- allowable, legal
-
real, valid; concordant with facts
- true.
-
Other relevant words
- approved,
- certain,
- clear,
- cogent,
- commonsense,
- compelling,
- confirmed,
- convincing,
- correct,
- corroborated,
- credible,
- decent,
- decorous,
- demonstrated,
- encouraged,
- endorsed,
- enlightened,
- established,
- ethical,
- informed,
- licensed,
- ordered,
- organized,
- permitted,
- persuasive,
- plausible,
- principled,
- proper,
- reasoned,
- righteous,
- sane,
- satisfying,
- seemly,
- sensible,
- sober,
- solid,
- substantiated,
- suggested,
- supported,
- sure,
- true,
- validated,
- virtuous,
- wise.
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
