LEGITIMATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make (an illegitimate child) legitimate
   • declare the legitimacy of (someone)
   Usage Example(s)
   • They legitimized their natural child
   Hypernyms(s) legitimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • legitimation (what does legitimation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • show or affirm to be just and legitimate
   Hypernyms(s) legitimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • justify (what does justify mean?)
   • vindicate (what does vindicate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • legalization (what does legalization mean?)
   • legalisation (what does legalisation mean?)
   • legitimation (what does legitimation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • make legal
   Synonym(s)
   • decriminalise (what does decriminalise mean?)
   • decriminalize (what does decriminalize mean?)
   • legalise (what does legalise mean?)
   • legalize (what does legalize mean?)
   • legitimatise (what does legitimatise mean?)
   • legitimatize (what does legitimatize mean?)
   • legitimise (what does legitimise mean?)
   • legitimize (what does legitimize mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Marijuana should be legalized
   Hypernyms(s) legitimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • permit (what does permit mean?)
   • allow (what does allow mean?)
   • let (what does let mean?)
   • countenance (what does countenance mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • criminalize (what does criminalize mean?)
   • criminalise (what does criminalise mean?)
   • illegalize (what does illegalize mean?)
   • illegalise (what does illegalise mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • criminalize (what does criminalize mean?)
   • criminalise (what does criminalise mean?)
   • illegalize (what does illegalize mean?)
   • illegalise (what does illegalise mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • criminalize (what does criminalize mean?)
   • criminalise (what does criminalise mean?)
   • illegalize (what does illegalize mean?)
   • illegalise (what does illegalise mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • criminalize (what does criminalize mean?)
   • criminalise (what does criminalise mean?)
   • illegalize (what does illegalize mean?)
   • illegalise (what does illegalise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • monetize (what does monetize mean?)
   • monetise (what does monetise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • legalization (what does legalization mean?)
   • legalisation (what does legalisation mean?)
   • legitimation (what does legitimation mean?)
   • legitimacy (what does legitimacy mean?)
   • legalization (what does legalization mean?)
   • legalisation (what does legalisation mean?)
   • legitimation (what does legitimation mean?)
   • legalization (what does legalization mean?)
   • legalisation (what does legalisation mean?)
   • legitimation (what does legitimation mean?)

LEGITIMATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
   Synonym(s)
   • lawful (what does lawful mean?)
   • licit (what does licit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a legitimate government
   Similar To
   • legal (what does legal mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of marriages and offspring
   • recognized as lawful
   Antonym(s)
   • illegitimate (what does illegitimate mean?)
   Similar To
   • lawfully-begotten (what does lawfully-begotten mean?)
   • morganatic (what does morganatic mean?)
   • left-handed (what does left-handed mean?)
   • true(a) (what does true(a) mean?)
   • lawful (what does lawful mean?)
   • rightful(a) (what does rightful(a) mean?)
   See Also
   • authorized (what does authorized mean?)
   • authorised (what does authorised mean?)
   • legal (what does legal mean?)
   • valid (what does valid mean?)
3. Meaning
   • in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
   Usage Example(s)
   • legitimate advertising practices
   Similar To
   • established (what does established mean?)
   • constituted (what does constituted mean?)
4. Meaning
   • in accordance with reason or logic
   Synonym(s)
   • logical (what does logical mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a logical conclusion
   Similar To
   • valid (what does valid mean?)