DICTOMETER

EKTEFØDT (Norwegian for "legitimate")

(legitimate, sound, legítimo)

1. Synonyms:
   • Legalize
   • Legalise
   • Decriminalize
   • Decriminalise
   • Legitimize
   • Legitimise
   • Legitimate
   • Legitimatize
   • Legitimatise
   Definitions:
   • make legal
   Examples:
   • Marijuana should be legalized
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Legitimate
   Definitions:
   • show or affirm to be just and legitimate
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Legitimate
   Definitions:
   • make (an illegitimate child) legitimate
   • declare the legitimacy of (someone)
   Examples:
   • They legitimized their natural child
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Legitimate
   Definitions:
   • of marriages and offspring
   • recognized as lawful
   Antonyms:
   • ILLEGITIMATE
   • adulterine
   • base, baseborn
   • bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
   • fatherless
   • left-handed
   • unlawful, wrongful
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Legitimate
   • Logical
   Definitions:
   • based on known statements or events or conditions
   Examples:
   • Rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year
   Antonyms:
   • Invalid
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Legitimate
   Definitions:
   • in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
   Examples:
   • Legitimate advertising practices
   Antonyms:
   • Unestablished
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Lawful
   • Legitimate
   • Licit
   Definitions:
   • authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
   Examples:
   • A legitimate government
   Antonyms:
   • Illegal