Antonyms for legitimate
lɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; -ˌmeɪtle·git·i·mate

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1. legitimate

   That is authentic which is true to the facts; that is genuine which is true to its own claims; as, authentic history; genuine money.

   A 'genuine' work is one written by the author whose name it bears; an 'authentic' work is one which relates truthfully the matters of which it treats. For example, the apocryphal Gospel of St. Thomas is neither 'genuine' nor 'authentic.' It is not 'genuine,' for St. Thomas did not write it; it is not 'authentic,' for its contents are mainly fables and lies.

   Trench On the Study of Words lect. vi, p. 189. [W. J. Widdleton]

   Authentic is, however, used by reputable writers as synonymous with genuine, tho usually where genuineness carries a certain authority. We speak of accepted conclusions, certain evidence, current money, genuine letters, a legitimate conclusion or legitimate authority, original manuscripts, real value, received interpretation, sure proof, a true statement, a trustworthy witness, a veritable discovery.

   Antonyms:
   apocryphal, baseless, counterfeit, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized

   Synonyms:
   accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, genuine, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable

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1. legitimate

   Antonyms:
   illegitimate, unallowable, unfair, illicit

   Synonyms:
   allowable, normal, fair, licit, real, genuine, fairly deduced, lawfully begotten

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. legitimateadjective

   of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

   Antonyms:
   unlawful, illegal, left-handed, fatherless, bastardly, wrongful, baseborn, invalid, unestablished, spurious, base, misbegot, adulterine, illegitimate, misbegotten

   Synonyms:
   licit, logical, lawful

2. legitimate, logicaladjective

   based on known statements or events or conditions

   "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

   Antonyms:
   misbegotten, unestablished, left-handed, unlawful, spurious, base, illegitimate, illegal, misbegot, bastardly, invalid, baseborn, adulterine, wrongful, fatherless

   Synonyms:
   coherent, consistent, ordered, licit, lucid, logical, lawful

3. legitimateadjective

   in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

   "legitimate advertising practices"

   Antonyms:
   left-handed, illegal, base, unlawful, misbegot, wrongful, fatherless, adulterine, bastardly, spurious, misbegotten, baseborn, unestablished, invalid, illegitimate

   Synonyms:
   licit, logical, lawful

4. lawful, legitimate, licitverb

   authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

   "a legitimate government"

   Antonyms:
   base, fatherless, left-handed, baseborn, misbegot, wrongful, illegal, misbegotten, spurious, unlawful, adulterine, bastardly, illegitimate, unestablished, invalid

   Synonyms:
   rule-governed, lawful, licit, logical, rightful(a), true(a)

5. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatiseverb

   make legal

   "Marijuana should be legalized"

   Antonyms:
   illegal, misbegot, fatherless, illegitimate, adulterine, left-handed, unestablished, baseborn, base, unlawful, invalid, spurious, misbegotten, wrongful, bastardly

   Synonyms:
   legitimize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

6. legitimateverb

   show or affirm to be just and legitimate

   Antonyms:
   illegitimate, base, misbegot, invalid, fatherless, spurious, baseborn, misbegotten, wrongful, illegal, left-handed, bastardly, unlawful, unestablished, adulterine

   Synonyms:
   legitimize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

7. legitimateverb

   make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

   "They legitimized their natural child"

   Antonyms:
   misbegotten, baseborn, fatherless, misbegot, illegitimate, spurious, wrongful, unestablished, adulterine, illegal, left-handed, unlawful, bastardly, invalid, base

   Synonyms:
   legitimize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

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1. legitimateadjective

   Antonyms:
   illegitimate

   Synonyms:
   lawful

How to use legitimate in a sentence?

1. Peter Szijjarto:

   It is legitimate from an EU member state to spell out reform proposals, one of the most important merits of the EU is that it has very serious achievements, a part of which are related to a high level of freedom in the movement of labor.

2. Paul Ryan:

   What it is is the Congress’s legitimate function of oversight to make sure the FISA process is being used correctly, if it wasn’t being used correctly, that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable so this doesn’t affect our civil liberties.

3. Xavier Becerra:

   If Facebook had complied with our legitimate investigative requests, we would not be making this announcement today. But we must move our investigation forward. We are left with little choice.

4. Will Luzier:

   The primary objective of this initiative is to actually start controlling marijuana in Massachusetts, marijuana should be produced and sold by legitimate, taxpaying businesses, not gangs and cartels.

5. Benjamin Haydon:

   The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

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