ALL meanings of legitimate
le·git·i·mate
L l - adjective legitimate rightful, lawful 1
- adjective legitimate child: of married parents 1
- adjective legitimate valid 1
- adjective legitimate according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner. 1
- adjective legitimate in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards. 1
- adjective legitimate born in wedlock or of legally married parents: legitimate children. 1
- adjective legitimate in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical: a legitimate conclusion. 1
- adjective legitimate resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right: a legitimate sovereign. 1
- adjective legitimate not spurious or unjustified; genuine: It was a legitimate complaint. 1
- adjective legitimate of the normal or regular type or kind. 1
- adjective legitimate Theater. of or relating to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.: an actor in the legitimate theater. 1
- verb with object legitimate to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful: Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne. 1
- verb with object legitimate to establish as lawfully born: His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law. 1
- verb with object legitimate to show or declare to be legitimate or proper: He was under obligation to legitimate his commission. 1
- verb with object legitimate to justify; sanction or authorize: His behavior was legitimated by custom. 1
- noun legitimate the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama. 1
- noun legitimate a person who is established as being legitimate. 1
- noun legitimate Conforming to the law or to rules. 1
- adjective legitimate Something that is legitimate is acceptable according to the law. 0
- adjective legitimate If you say that something such as a feeling or claim is legitimate, you think that it is reasonable and justified. 0
- verb legitimate To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. 0
- adjective legitimate A legitimate child is one whose parents were married before he or she was born. 0
- adjective legitimate In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful. 0
- verb legitimate To legitimate something means the same as to legitimize it. 0
- adjective legitimate Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid. 0
- adjective legitimate born in lawful wedlock; enjoying full filial rights 0
- adjective legitimate Authentic, real, genuine. 0
- adjective legitimate conforming to established standards of usage, behaviour, etc 0
- adjective legitimate Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple. 0
- adjective legitimate based on correct or acceptable principles of reasoning 0
- adjective legitimate Relating to hereditary rights. 0
- adjective legitimate reasonable, sensible, or valid 0
- adjective legitimate authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law 0
- adjective legitimate of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right 0
- adjective legitimate of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc 0
- verb legitimate to make, pronounce, or show to be legitimate 0
- adjective legitimate conceived or born of parents legally married to each other 0
- adjective legitimate sanctioned by law or custom; lawful 0
- adjective legitimate conforming to or abiding by the law 0
- adjective legitimate ruling by the rights of heredity 0
- adjective legitimate reasonable; logically correct 0
- adjective legitimate justifiable or justified 0
- adjective legitimate conforming to or in accordance with established rules, standards, principles 0
- adjective legitimate designating or of professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from films, vaudeville, etc. 0
- verb transitive legitimate legitimize (sense 1) legitimize (sense 1c) 0