Rhymes with legitimate
le·git·i·mate
L l Two-syllable rhymes
Three-syllable rhymes
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- dissonant — disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
- distillate — the product obtained from the condensation of vapors in distillation.
- filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- immanent — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immigrant — a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
- imminent — likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
- implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- incident — an individual occurrence or event.
- increment — something added or gained; addition; increase.
- indolent — having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
- infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
- intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- literate — able to read and write.
- militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- sentiment — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- articulate — If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
- coincident — Coincident events happen at the same time.
- considerate — Someone who is considerate pays attention to the needs, wishes, or feelings of other people.
- equivalent — Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- illiterate — unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- legitimize — to make legitimate.
- magnificent — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- omnipotent — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- participant — a person or group that participates; partaker.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.
- wind instrument — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- abolitionist — An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice.
- false imprisonment — the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement.
- illegitimate — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- transit instrument — Astronomy. meridian circle.
- unearned increment — the increase in the value of property, especially land, due to natural causes, as growth of population, rather than to any labor or expenditure by the owner.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- negotiable instrument — order or promise to pay money
- percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments.