legitimate

B2
Pronunciation
Noun
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

A person born to a legally married couple.

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.

Adjective
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

Synonyms
lawful legal
Antonyms
illegitimate
2 Definition

Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.

Example Sentences
  • legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method
3 Definition

Authentic, real, genuine.

Antonyms
false illegitimate
Example Sentences
  • legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions
4 Definition

Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.

Synonyms
rightful
Antonyms
illegitimate
5 Definition

Relating to hereditary rights.