262 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ləd͡ʒˈɪtɪməsi], [ ləd‍ʒˈɪtɪməsi], [ l_ə_dʒ_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_m_ə_s_i]

Similar words for legitimacy:

• authenticity (noun)
• fairness (noun)
• impartialness (noun)
• justice (noun)
• lawfulness (noun)
• legitimacy (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• propriety (noun)
• realness (noun)
• truth (noun)
• validity (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "legitimacy" in context?

Paraphrases for legitimacy

Homophones for legitimacy

Hyponyms for legitimacy

Synonyms for Legitimacy:

• n.

  •
  • law,
  • legality,
  • lawfulness.
  •
  • fairness,
  • a square deal,
  • tolerance.
  • authenticity (noun)
  • purity,
  • credibility.
  • fairness (noun)
  • courtesy,
  • civility,
  • decorum,
  • seemliness,
  • rightfulness,
  • duty,
  • impartiality,
  • honesty,
  • open-mindedness,
  • justness,
  • exactitude,
  • humanity,
  • honor,
  • charity,
  • decency,
  • rightness,
  • suitability,
  • consideration,
  • due,
  • rationality,
  • fair shake,
  • righteousness,
  • uprightness,
  • charitableness,
  • goodness,
  • integrity,
  • candor,
  • disinterestedness,
  • Equitableness,
  • moderation,
  • good faith.
  • impartialness (noun)
  • disinterest,
  • dispassionateness,
  • detachment,
  • dispassion,
  • objectivity.
  • justice (noun)
  • compensation,
  • code,
  • rectitude,
  • sanction,
  • charter,
  • due process,
  • credo,
  • judicature,
  • fair play,
  • authorization,
  • review,
  • appeal,
  • Constitutionality,
  • legalizations,
  • evenness,
  • redress,
  • creed,
  • reparation,
  • rule,
  • hearing,
  • legalization,
  • legal process,
  • correction,
  • amends,
  • recompense,
  • litigation,
  • penalty,
  • sentence,
  • judicatures,
  • decree,
  • fair treatment,
  • judicatory.
  • lawfulness (noun)
  • permissibilities,
  • defendabilities.
  • legitimacy (noun)
  • right,
  • authority.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • genuineness,
  • fair-mindedness,
  • veracity,
  • defendability,
  • equity,
  • permissibility,
  • justice,
  • reliability,
  • lawful authority,
  • eminent domain,
  • give and take,
  • dependability,
  • veritableness,
  • rightful authority,
  • propriety,
  • Impartialness,
  • legitimacy,
  • Objectiveness,
  • divine right,
  • realness,
  • square deal,
  • right of eminent domain,
  • humanities,
  • authenticity,
  • validity,
  • trustworthiness,
  • truth,
  • dependabilities,
  • angary,
  • nonpartisanship,
  • legal authority,
  • reasonableness.
  • propriety (noun)
  • aptness,
  • appositeness,
  • accordance,
  • compatibility,
  • congruity,
  • agreeableness,
  • ethicality,
  • fitness,
  • recommendability,
  • harmony,
  • order,
  • convenience,
  • consonance,
  • correspondence,
  • Meetness,
  • pleasantness,
  • Advisability,
  • expedience,
  • concord,
  • respectability,
  • becomingness,
  • properness.
  • realness (noun)
  • veridity.
  • truth (noun)
  • factualness,
  • score,
  • actuality,
  • scoop,
  • gospel truth,
  • certainty,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • infallibility,
  • truism,
  • truthfulness,
  • naked truth,
  • maxim,
  • picture,
  • trueness,
  • facts,
  • verity,
  • principle,
  • honest truth,
  • perfection,
  • nitty gritty,
  • axiom,
  • factualism,
  • gospel,
  • inside track,
  • unvarnished truth,
  • whole story,
  • plain talk,
  • case,
  • factuality.
  • validity (noun)
  • validness,
  • strength,
  • grounds,
  • punch,
  • persuasiveness,
  • foundation,
  • effectiveness,
  • weight,
  • potency,
  • cogency,
  • gravity,
  • efficacy,
  • point.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • guiltless,
  • rightful,
  • Legitimateness,
  • clean,
  • current,
  • legal,
  • lawful,
  • aboveboard,
  • legit,
  • legally,
  • kosher,
  • innocence,
  • licitness,
  • legitimate,
  • innocent,
  • political correctness.
  •
  • sportsmanship.
  •
  • straight.
  •
  • good.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • fact,
  • Allowableness,
  • legal form,
  • judge,
  • faculty,
  • royal prerogative,
  • constitutionalism,
  • Remissibility,
  • admissibility,
  • correctness,
  • bona fideness,
  • legitimation,
  • actionability,
  • naturalism,
  • Justifiableness,
  • verisimilitude,
  • soundness,
  • Veniality,
  • naturalness,
  • originality,
  • Warrantableness,
  • photographic realism,
  • Pardonableness,
  • prerogative,
  • indirect authority,
  • artlessness,
  • absolute realism,
  • morality,
  • unaffectedness,
  • competency,
  • applicability,
  • scope,
  • justiciability,
  • power,
  • literalism,
  • reasonability,
  • absolutism,
  • legalities,
  • permissibleness,
  • exactness,
  • say-so,
  • admissibleness,
  • say,
  • realism,
  • reality,
  • legitimization,
  • jurisdiction,
  • absolute power,
  • justifiability,
  • competence,
  • precision,
  • Vindicability,
  • literality,
  • force,
  • lifelikeness,
  • accuracy,
  • credibleness,
  • Regality,
  • substance,
  • sincerity,
  • legalism,
  • Defensibility,
  • explicability,
  • literalness,
  • judiciousness,
  • Naturality.

How to use "Legitimacy" in context?

Paraphrases for Legitimacy:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    credibility.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    illegitimacy.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    illegitimate.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    accountability, justifiable, justification, legacy, mandate, rightful.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    legitimate.
  • Proper noun, singular
    lawfulness, legality, legitimate.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acceptability, admissibility, appropriateness, authority, eligibility, illegality, lawfulness, legalisation, legality, legalization, legitimation, permissibility, propriety, rationality, reasonableness, regularisation, relevance, unlawfulness, validity, wrongfulness, Legitimizing, Constitutionality, legitimization, legitimisation.

Homophones for Legitimacy:

• lighting, legitimize, lagostomus, lasting, lightheadedness, lactating, liquidness, locating, listening, Lucidness, listing, lightness, lustiness, legitimise, licitness, lightening, lightning.

Hyponym for Legitimacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    lawfulness.