legitimate
1. make legal
- Marijuana should be legalized
• Syn:
legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize,
legitimise, legitimatize, legitimatise
• Ant:
criminalise (for: decriminalise), criminalize (for: decriminalize), outlaw (for: legalise), outlaw (for: legalize)
• Derivationally related forms:
legitimation, legitimacy, legalisation (for: legalise), legalization (for: legalize)
• Hypernyms:
permit, allow, let, countenance
• Hyponyms:
monetize, monetise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. show or affirm to be just and legitimate
• Derivationally related forms:
legitimation
• Hypernyms:
justify, vindicate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make (an illegitimate child) legitimate;
declare the legitimacy of (someone)
- They legitimized their natural child
• Derivationally related forms:
legitimation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
1. of marriages and offspring;
recognized as lawful (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
illegitimate
• Similar to:
lawfully-begotten, morganatic, left-handed, true, lawful, rightful
• See Also:
authorized, authorised, legal, valid
2. based on known statements or events or conditions (Freq. 1)
- rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year
• Syn:
logical
• Similar to:
valid
• Derivationally related forms:
logicalness (for: logical), logicality (for: logical)
3. in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles (Freq. 1)
- legitimate advertising practices
• Similar to:
established, constituted
4. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law (Freq. 1)
- a legitimate government
• Syn:
lawful, licit
• Similar to:
legal
• Derivationally related forms:
licitness (for: licit), lawfulness (for: lawful)
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