 Synonyms and Antonyms of 'legitimate' 
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1. (adj) legitimate
of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
Synonyms: licit, logical, lawful
Antonyms: unlawful, illegal, left-handed, fatherless, bastardly, wrongful, baseborn, invalid, unestablished, spurious, base, misbegot, adulterine, illegitimate, misbegotten
2. (adj) legitimate, logical
based on known statements or events or conditions
Synonyms: coherent, consistent, ordered, licit, lucid, logical, legitimate, lawful
Antonyms: misbegotten, unestablished, left-handed, unlawful, spurious, base, illegitimate, illegal, misbegot, bastardly, invalid, baseborn, adulterine, wrongful, fatherless
3. (adj) legitimate
in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
Synonyms: licit, logical, lawful
Antonyms: left-handed, illegal, base, unlawful, misbegot, wrongful, fatherless, adulterine, bastardly, spurious, misbegotten, baseborn, unestablished, invalid, illegitimate
4. (verb) lawful, legitimate, licit
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
Synonyms: rule-governed, lawful, licit, logical, rightful(a), true(a), legitimate
Antonyms: base, fatherless, left-handed, baseborn, misbegot, wrongful, illegal, misbegotten, spurious, unlawful, adulterine, bastardly, illegitimate, unestablished, invalid
5. (verb) legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
make legal
Synonyms: legitimize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legitimate, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize
Antonyms: illegal, misbegot, fatherless, illegitimate, adulterine, left-handed, unestablished, baseborn, base, unlawful, invalid, spurious, misbegotten, wrongful, bastardly
6. (verb) legitimate
show or affirm to be just and legitimate
Synonyms: legitimize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize
Antonyms: illegitimate, base, misbegot, invalid, fatherless, spurious, baseborn, misbegotten, wrongful, illegal, left-handed, bastardly, unlawful, unestablished, adulterine
7. (verb) legitimate
make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
Synonyms: legitimize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize
Antonyms: misbegotten, baseborn, fatherless, misbegot, illegitimate, spurious, wrongful, unestablished, adulterine, illegal, left-handed, unlawful, bastardly, invalid, base
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