807 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ləd͡ʒˈɪtɪmət], [ ləd‍ʒˈɪtɪmət], [ l_ə_dʒ_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_m_ə_t]

Similar words for legitimate:

• admissible (adjective)
• all (adjective)
• approved (adjective)
• authentic (adjective)
• authentic, valid, legal (adjective)
• authoritative (adjective)
• bona fide (adjective)
• correct (adjective)
• dramatic (adjective)
• existing in reality (adjective)
• factual (adjective)
• fair (adjective)
• genuine (adjective)
• honest-to-God (adjective)
• innocent (adjective)
• just (adjective)
• justifiable (adjective)
• legal (adjective)
• legit (adjective)
• lily-white (adjective)
• logical (adjective)
• natural (adjective)
• official (adjective)
• on the level (adjective)
• orthodox (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• permissible (adjective)
• proper (adjective)
• real (adjective)
• reasonable (adjective)
• regular (adjective)
• reputable (adjective)
• right (adjective)
• theatrical (adjective)
• true (adjective)
• unblamable (adjective)
• uncorrupted (adjective)
• untainted (adjective)
• valid (adjective)
• authentic (noun)
• bona fide (noun)
• constituted (noun)
• decriminalise (noun)
• decriminalize (noun)
• established (noun)
• lawfully-begotten (noun)
• legalise (noun)
• legitimate (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• legalize (verb)
• other synonyms
• honorable
• legalize
• other relevant words
• thoroughbred
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for legitimate

Homophones for legitimate

Hyponyms for legitimate

Synonyms for Legitimate:

• adj.

  • admissible (adjective)
  • all owed,
  • most allowed,
  • all-owed,
  • more concedable,
  • more fitting,
  • pertinent,
  • more tolerated,
  • re levant,
  • most possible,
  • re-levant,
  • Tolerated,
  • more allowed,
  • licit,
  • more acceptable,
  • most concedable,
  • more suitable,
  • most tolerated.
  • all (adjective)
  • legitimate,
  • logical.
  • approved (adjective)
  • authorized.
  • authentic (adjective)
  • re liable,
  • re-liabler,
  • twentyfour carat,
  • most certain,
  • faithful,
  • re liabler,
  • re liablest,
  • re-liablest,
  • re-liable,
  • twenty four carat.
  • authentic, valid, legal (adjective)
  • customary,
  • warranted,
  • consistent,
  • cogent,
  • rightful,
  • lawful,
  • accepted,
  • canonical,
  • typical,
  • probable,
  • reliable,
  • received,
  • normal,
  • sure,
  • proper,
  • statutory,
  • well-founded,
  • recognized,
  • sensible,
  • appropriate,
  • accredited,
  • usual,
  • on the up and up,
  • acknowledged,
  • sound,
  • sanctioned,
  • certain.
  • authoritative (adjective)
  • sovereign,
  • ex officio,
  • departmental,
  • ex cathedra,
  • bureaucratic.
  • bona fide (adjective)
  • true to life,
  • with good faith,
  • good-faith.
  • correct (adjective)
  • on the button,
  • on the money,
  • dead on,
  • on the beam,
  • unmistaken,
  • veracious,
  • veridical,
  • cooking with gas,
  • right as rain,
  • undistorted,
  • stoner,
  • free of error,
  • righteous,
  • on track,
  • on target.
  • dramatic (adjective)
  • theatrical.
  • existing in reality (adjective)
  • real-life.
  • factual (adjective)
  • more card-carrying,
  • more card carrying,
  • un biased,
  • un doubted,
  • unadorned,
  • more sure enough,
  • more cardcarrying,
  • more true to life,
  • most cardcarrying,
  • most true to life,
  • more sure-enough,
  • most card carrying,
  • most sure-enough,
  • most sure enough,
  • straight from horses mouth,
  • ex act,
  • cardcarrying,
  • un-doubted,
  • straight from horse mouth,
  • un-adorned,
  • card carrying,
  • most card-carrying,
  • un-questionable,
  • more true-to-life,
  • sureenough,
  • ex-act,
  • most sureenough,
  • more sureenough,
  • most true-to-life,
  • un adorned.
  • fair (adjective)
  • dis passionate,
  • dis interested,
  • most uncolored,
  • de-cent,
  • dis-passionate,
  • FAIRER,
  • de cent,
  • more uncolored,
  • un-colored,
  • dis-interested,
  • nonpartisan,
  • non partisan,
  • impartial,
  • un colored,
  • even handed.
  • genuine (adjective)
  • more -carat,
  • more honest-to-goodness,
  • honest to goodness,
  • in-dubitable,
  • most authenticated,
  • more authenticated,
  • honest-to-goodness,
  • un-impeachable,
  • un impeachable,
  • most -carat,
  • un-adulterated,
  • more honest to goodness,
  • most honest-to-goodness,
  • un adulterated,
  • more carat,
  • un varnished,
  • in dubitable,
  • most carat,
  • un alloyed,
  • un-varnished,
  • in flesh,
  • most honest to goodness,
  • un-alloyed,
  • in the flesh,
  • real stuff,
  • honest-to-god,
  • most unalloyed,
  • more unalloyed.
  • honest-to-God (adjective)
  • more sure thing,
  • surething,
  • most sure-thing,
  • most for sure,
  • forsure,
  • more surething,
  • most reallytruly,
  • more for sure,
  • more forsure,
  • more really truly,
  • no buts it,
  • reallytruly,
  • most really-truly,
  • most for-sure,
  • more for-sure,
  • more really-truly,
  • more sure-thing,
  • most sure thing,
  • most really truly,
  • more reallytruly,
  • most forsure,
  • most surething,
  • really truly.
  • innocent (adjective)
  • uncorrupted,
  • virginal,
  • free of,
  • unoffending,
  • in the clear,
  • Uncensurable,
  • impeccant,
  • not guilty,
  • Crimeless,
  • guilt-free,
  • inculpable,
  • cleanhanded,
  • untainted,
  • lily-white,
  • unblamable,
  • Uncorrupt.
  • just (adjective)
  • well-deserved,
  • be fitting,
  • condign.
  • justifiable (adjective)
  • Vindicable,
  • Warrantable,
  • condonable,
  • Remissible.
  • legal (adjective)
  • judicial,
  • right,
  • within the law,
  • legislative,
  • juridical,
  • defensible,
  • granted,
  • sure enough,
  • precedented,
  • sanctionable,
  • contractual,
  • constitutional,
  • ordained,
  • Enforcible.
  • legit (adjective)
  • more jural,
  • more legislated,
  • most legitimatized,
  • more enacted,
  • most legislated,
  • most commanded,
  • most jurisprudent,
  • more legitimatized,
  • more commanded,
  • more jurisprudent,
  • most jural,
  • most enacted.
  • lily-white (adjective)
  • pure as the driven snow,
  • un-stained,
  • un-defiled,
  • lilywhite,
  • un stained,
  • un defiled.
  • logical (adjective)
  • most likely,
  • well organized,
  • wellorganized,
  • most wellorganized,
  • most extensional,
  • more wellorganized,
  • most well-organized,
  • more well-organized,
  • holding together,
  • more extensional,
  • ex-tensional,
  • dis criminating,
  • dis-criminating,
  • more well organized,
  • most juridicious,
  • ex tensional,
  • most well organized,
  • more juridicious.
  • natural (adjective)
  • in-voluntary,
  • in voluntary,
  • uni-versal,
  • more unacquired,
  • uni versal,
  • most natal,
  • most matter-of-course,
  • most unacquired,
  • un controlled,
  • uni-form,
  • in generate,
  • most matter of course,
  • un-controlled,
  • pre vailing,
  • un acquired,
  • matter-of-course,
  • more natal,
  • more ingenerate,
  • more matter-of-course,
  • in-generate,
  • un-acquired,
  • most ingenerate,
  • in-born,
  • in born,
  • more matter of course,
  • uni form.
  • official (adjective)
  • de-finite,
  • more cathedral,
  • most cathedral,
  • de finite.
  • on the level (adjective)
  • on level,
  • straightshooting,
  • fair square.
  • orthodox (adjective)
  • straight arrow,
  • old line,
  • die hard,
  • well-established,
  • old-line,
  • according to the book,
  • by numbers,
  • doctrinal,
  • buttoned-down,
  • oldline,
  • in line.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • in force,
  • official,
  • card-carrying,
  • natal,
  • reasonable,
  • looked for,
  • authoritative,
  • holding water,
  • Unacquired,
  • twenty-four carat,
  • admissible,
  • regular,
  • pure as driven snow,
  • sure-thing,
  • real,
  • unalloyed,
  • natural,
  • juridicious,
  • no buts about it,
  • operatic,
  • permissible,
  • good,
  • factual,
  • legit,
  • not impossible,
  • for real,
  • uncolored,
  • correct,
  • jural,
  • campier,
  • Unforbidden,
  • just,
  • campy,
  • on up and up,
  • concedable,
  • on up-and-up,
  • fair,
  • straight from horse's mouth,
  • justifiable,
  • carat,
  • extensional,
  • hammy,
  • true-to-life,
  • allowable,
  • lily white,
  • for-sure,
  • orthodox,
  • legal,
  • genuine,
  • well-organized,
  • true,
  • of right,
  • unanswerable,
  • non-partisan,
  • innocent,
  • authentic,
  • campiest,
  • really-truly,
  • sure-enough,
  • not unlikely,
  • unprohibited,
  • stand-up,
  • Ingenerate,
  • on the up-and-up,
  • on the level,
  • straight shooting.
  • permissible (adjective)
  • more unforbidden,
  • un forbidden,
  • un-prohibited,
  • be-arable,
  • be arable,
  • more unprohibited,
  • most unforbidden,
  • un prohibited,
  • most unprohibited,
  • un-forbidden.
  • proper (adjective)
  • be coming.
  • real (adjective)
  • more embodied,
  • un-feigned,
  • un-deniable,
  • more substantive,
  • pre-sent,
  • un deniable,
  • un feigned,
  • most substantive,
  • most embodied,
  • un affected,
  • pre sent.
  • reasonable (adjective)
  • making sense,
  • within reason,
  • unexcessive,
  • unextreme,
  • standing to reason.
  • regular (adjective)
  • re gular,
  • un varying,
  • run of the mill,
  • time honored,
  • un-varying,
  • un exceptional,
  • timehonored,
  • re-gular,
  • un-exceptional.
  • reputable (adjective)
  • well-thought-of,
  • Redoubted,
  • salt of the earth,
  • high-principled,
  • salt of earth,
  • in high favor,
  • of good repute.
  • right (adjective)
  • more stand-up,
  • more standup,
  • most stand up,
  • standup,
  • most standup,
  • most stand-up,
  • ethical,
  • more stand up.
  • theatrical (adjective)
  • schmaltzy,
  • un-natural,
  • un-real,
  • showest,
  • most operatic,
  • most amateur,
  • most vaudeville,
  • more vaudeville,
  • more amateur,
  • more operatic,
  • hammiest,
  • hamer,
  • hamest,
  • more thespian,
  • most staged,
  • hammier,
  • most thespian,
  • more staged.
  • true (adjective)
  • Undesigning,
  • unfaked,
  • washer.
  • unblamable (adjective)
  • un blamable,
  • un-blamable.
  • uncorrupted (adjective)
  • un-corrupted,
  • un corrupted.
  • untainted (adjective)
  • un tainted,
  • un-tainted.
  • valid (adjective)
  • more attested,
  • de terminative,
  • more unanswerable,
  • well grounded,
  • most attested,
  • most unanswerable,
  • most proven,
  • de-terminative,
  • un answerable,
  • un-answerable,
  • more valid,
  • more proven,
  • wellgrounded.

• n.

  •
  • close,
  • distant.
  • authentic (noun)
  • valid,
  • verifiable.
  • bona fide (noun)
  • legitimates,
  • trues,
  • reals,
  • Authentics.
  • constituted (noun)
  • constituted.
  • decriminalise (noun)
  • decriminalise.
  • decriminalize (noun)
  • decriminalize.
  • established (noun)
  • established.
  • lawfully-begotten (noun)
  • lawfully-begotten.
  • legalise (noun)
  • legalise.
  • legitimate (noun)
  • legitimatise,
  • left-handed,
  • legitimize,
  • morganatic,
  • legitimise.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • law,
  • permission,
  • bona fide.

• v.

  • legalize (verb)
  • de crees,
  • cleaning up,
  • de criminalized,
  • de-criminalizes,
  • de criminalizing,
  • de-crees,
  • de-cree,
  • de cree,
  • de-criminalize,
  • de-criminalized,
  • de criminalizes,
  • de criminalize,
  • de-criminalizing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • filial,
  • fair-minded,
  • unbiased,
  • understandable,
  • aboveboard,
  • guiltless,
  • fit,
  • inclusive,
  • legality,
  • motherless,
  • honorable,
  • justified,
  • legitimacy,
  • legally,
  • politically correct,
  • equally,
  • clean,
  • even-handed,
  • obviously,
  • familial,
  • balanced,
  • justly,
  • level playing-field,
  • innocence,
  • reasonably,
  • equitable,
  • lineal,
  • illegitimacy,
  • obvious,
  • sporting.
  •
  • independent,
  • kinship,
  • pc,
  • fairly,
  • Family,
  • uncontroversial,
  • unrelated.
  •
  • related,
  • straight.
  •
  • removed.
  •
  • direct.
  • honorable
  • reputable.
  • legalize
  • clean up,
  • cleans up,
  • cleaned up,
  • legitimatize,
  • Legitimating,
  • Legitimated.
  • Other relevant words:
  • legalize.
  • thoroughbred
  • blooded.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • pure,
  • movie,
  • legislate,
  • Uninvented,
  • forgivable,
  • regulate,
  • formal,
  • okay,
  • self-consistent,
  • above-board,
  • dramatic,
  • appropriately,
  • ratiocinative,
  • sterling,
  • prescribe,
  • regulated,
  • safe,
  • ordain,
  • dispensable,
  • cinematographic,
  • unflattering,
  • binding,
  • fairness,
  • sanctify,
  • Legislatorial,
  • authorise,
  • recognise,
  • competent,
  • de jure,
  • melodramatic,
  • sane,
  • unsimulated,
  • legitimately,
  • Legalized,
  • unromantic,
  • patent,
  • unconditional,
  • conclusive,
  • authorize,
  • solid,
  • explain away,
  • goodness,
  • formulate,
  • naturalistic,
  • launder,
  • constitute,
  • substantial,
  • pardonable,
  • unfanciful,
  • underplayed,
  • believable,
  • extenuate,
  • fully,
  • exactly,
  • thoroughly,
  • ham,
  • confirm,
  • thespian,
  • endorse,
  • political party,
  • decently,
  • plausible,
  • weighty,
  • rational,
  • verified,
  • commonsensical,
  • regulatory,
  • accredit,
  • sanction,
  • scenic,
  • adopt,
  • exculpate,
  • Milked,
  • upright,
  • certified,
  • secure,
  • validate,
  • absolutely,
  • simple,
  • indulgent,
  • allow,
  • spectacular,
  • soundness,
  • reason,
  • realistic,
  • argument,
  • accurately,
  • verbal,
  • unobjectionable,
  • avow,
  • fitting,
  • Allowed,
  • court,
  • justice,
  • support,
  • all-star,
  • account for,
  • reasoning,
  • unexaggerated,
  • underacted,
  • unaffected,
  • totally,
  • ordered,
  • palliate,
  • dependable,
  • expiable,
  • credible,
  • approved,
  • neatly,
  • venial,
  • Dramatical,
  • unvarnished,
  • licensed,
  • well,
  • verisimilar,
  • applicable,
  • inoffensive,
  • legitimation,
  • documented,
  • coherence,
  • candid,
  • Logics,
  • righteously,
  • unadulterated,
  • entirely,
  • dramaturgic,
  • Monodramatic,
  • straightforward,
  • rule,
  • endorsed,
  • rule-governed,
  • plumb,
  • Statutable,
  • honest,
  • authenticity,
  • justness,
  • rightfully,
  • lawmaking,
  • deduction,
  • A,
  • completely,
  • veritable,
  • deserved,
  • establish,
  • truly,
  • vindicate,
  • convincing,
  • defend,
  • unpretended,
  • act,
  • film,
  • Legitimized,
  • unassuming,
  • order,
  • literal,
  • tolerable,
  • permitted,
  • rightly,
  • kosher,
  • honourable,
  • pukka,
  • certify,
  • overplayed,
  • stellar,
  • accurate,
  • accept,
  • rightfulness,
  • histrionic,
  • trustworthy,
  • pucka,
  • lawfulness,
  • sincere,
  • regulation,
  • acquit,
  • actionable,
  • actual,
  • Unconcocted,
  • logic,
  • sufficient,
  • warrant,
  • word for word,
  • unqualified,
  • according to law,
  • orderly,
  • license,
  • admit,
  • unfeigned,
  • authorised,
  • validated,
  • lifelike,
  • unpretending,
  • absolve,
  • well-grounded,
  • Permitting,
  • aright,
  • vested,
  • proven,
  • very,
  • in good faith,
  • substantiate,
  • stagestruck,
  • Unimitated,
  • chartered,
  • authenticate,
  • creditable,
  • sense,
  • explain,
  • justify,
  • rationalize,
  • positively,
  • enact,
  • ballet,
  • equity,
  • unassumed,
  • decree,
  • rationality,
  • dinkum,
  • duly,
  • wrongful,
  • filmic,
  • precisely,
  • methodical,
  • Simon-pure,
  • uphold,
  • coherent,
  • acceptable,
  • wholesome,
  • make legal,
  • due,
  • permissive,
  • compelling,
  • ok,
  • Justiciable,
  • canon,
  • actor-proof,
  • Unforbid,
  • verbatim,
  • attested,
  • virtual,
  • balletic,
  • principle,
  • vaudevillian,
  • overacted,
  • maintain,
  • excusable,
  • properly,
  • correctly,
  • lucid,
  • stagy,
  • Inartificial,
  • perfectly,
  • native,
  • lawfully,
  • well-argued,
  • deign,
  • cinematic,
  • undisputed,
  • satisfactorily,
  • declare lawful,
  • Exemptible,
  • firmness,
  • unimagined,
  • excuse,
  • sustain,
  • ratify,
  • undisguised,
  • original,
  • starstruck,
  • Unspecious,
  • deservedly.

Paraphrases for Legitimate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    justified, lawful, rightful, valid.
  • Proper noun, singular
    lawful.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    illegitimate, Legitimated.
  • Proper noun, singular
    illegitimate.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    acceptable, appropriate, authentic, authorised, correct, decent, draft, eligible, honest, illicit, inalienable, law-abiding, legislative, legitimise, logical, meaningful, normal, permissible, proper, rational, real, regular, right, righteous, sensible, statutory, substantiated, true, unlawful, vested, warranted, well-grounded, Legalized, FIDE, legit, legitimised.
  • Noun, plural
    uses.
  • Verb, base form
    legitimise.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    competent, illegal, justifiable, legal, legitimacy, understandable, well-founded.
  • Proper noun, singular
    legal, legitimacy.
  • Verb, base form
    legitimize.

Homophones for Legitimate:

• light unit, loxodonta, low-sodium diet, light minute, law student, light-handed, light-minded, last minute, liquid unit, last-minute.

Hyponym for Legitimate:

• v.

  • change
    change, modify, alter.
  • communication
    justify, vindicate.