legitimate
Meaning of legitimate
noun
A person born to a legally married couple.
verb
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
adjective- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
- Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method
- Authentic, real, genuine.
legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions
- Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
- Relating to hereditary rights.
Information about legitimate
- The plural form of legitimate is: legitimates.
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Hyphenation of legitimate
le-git-i-mate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- legitimate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
legitimate synonyms
Meaning logical:
Meaning lawful:
Meaning legalize:
legalize, decriminalize, legitimize, legitimatize
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legitimate antonyms
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Translation of legitimate
- French: légitime, légal, légitimer, légaliser
- German: legitim, gesetzmäßig, rechtmäßig, legal, legitimieren, ehelich, gesetzlich, rechtsmäßig
- Italian: legittimo, legale, legittimare, lecito
- Spanish: legal, legítimo, legitimar, legalizar, legítima, lícito
Anagrams of legitimate
Words that rhyme with legitimate
MatE, mate, Bamate, Imamate, Rifamate, Tiamate, acetylallylcarbamate, acetylcarbamate, acetylcinnamate, acetyldihydrocinnamate, acetylglutamate, acetylhydrocinnamate, acetylmethylcarbamate, acetylmuramate, acetylpropargylcarbamate, acryloylcarbamate, adamantylcarbamate, alanylglutamate, allylcarbamate, allylimidothiocarbamate, amalgamate, amate, aminobenzoylglutamate, aminocinnamate, aminohydrocinnamate, aminomethylcarbamate, aminopropylcarbamate, aminopteroylglutamate, aminosuccinamate, amylcinnamate, arginylglutamate, arginylpyroglutamate, benfluramate, benzhydrylcarbamate, benzhydrylimidothiocarbamate, benzimidazolecarbamate, benzohydroxamate, benzothiazolylcarbamate, benzoxamate, benzoylcarbamate, benzoylcinnamate, benzylcarbamate, benzylcinnamate, benzyldithiocarbamate, benzylidenehydrazonothiocarbamate, benzylquinolinylidenecarbamate, benzylthiocarbamate, bihamate, biscarbamate, bisdimethylcarbamate