| ADJECTIVE | all | legitimate | of marriages and offspring |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | legitimate, logical | based on known statements or events or conditions | |
| all | legitimate | in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles | |
| all | legitimate, lawful, licit | authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | |
| VERB | social | legitimate, legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimatize, legitimatise | make legal |
| communication | legitimate | show / show or affirm to be just and legitimate | |
| change | legitimate | make (an illegitimate child) legitimate |
| Sounds | lahjhih'tahmaht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | lawfully-begotten | born in wedlock |
| morganatic, left-handed | (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank | |
| true, lawful, rightful | Having a legally established claim | |
| See also | authorized, authorised | endowed with authority |
| legal | Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules | |
| valid | Well grounded in logic / logic or truth or having legal force | |
| Opposite | illegitimate | Of marriages and offspring |
| Spanish | legítimo | |
| Catalan | legítim | |
| Adverbs | legitimately | in a lawfully recognized / recognized manner |
| Meaning | Based on known statements or events or conditions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | logical | |
| Broader | valid | Well grounded in logic / logic or truth or having legal force |
| Spanish | consecuente, lógico | |
| Catalan | conseqüent, lògic | |
| Meaning | In accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "legitimate advertising practices" | |
| Broader | established, constituted | Brought about or set up or accepted |
| Meaning | authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a legitimate government" | |
| Synonyms | lawful, licit | |
| Broader | legal | Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules |
| Spanish | legal, legítimo, lícito | |
| Catalan | legal, legítim, lícit | |
| Adverbs | legitimately | in a manner acceptable to common custom / custom |
| Meaning | make legal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimatize, legitimatise | |
| Narrower | monetize, monetise | Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country |
| Broader | permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
| Opposite | outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise | declare illegal |
| Spanish | despenalizar, legalizar, legitimar | |
| Catalan | despenalitzar, legalitzar, legitimar | |
| Nouns | legitimacy | lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law |
| legitimation | the act of making lawful / lawful | |
| Meaning | show / show or affirm to be just and legitimate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | justify, vindicate | show to be right by providing justification or proof |
| Nouns | legitimation | the act of making lawful / lawful |
| Meaning | make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | legitimation | the act of rendering a person legitimate |
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