legitimate
noun
- 1
A person born to a legally married couple.
Antonyms
verb
- 1
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
Synonyms
adjective
- 1
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
ant:illegitimate - 2
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
“legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method”
- 3
Authentic, real, genuine.
“legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions”
- 4
- 5
Relating to hereditary rights.
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