LEGITIMATE Synonyms

• established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

• of or relating to jurisprudence

• relating to or characteristic of the profession of law

• having legal efficacy or force

• allowed by official rules

• legally valid

• having a legally established claim

• conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

• not counterfeit or copied

• not fake or counterfeit

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

• having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

• limited to the thing specified

• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

• consistent with fact or reality; not false

• expressing or given to expressing the truth

• proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment

• as acknowledged

• accurately placed or thrown

• devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

• conforming to definitive criteria

• worthy of being depended on

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

• rightly so called

• determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

• having a legally established claim

• in tune; accurate in pitch

• accurately fitted; level

• make level, square, balanced, or concentric

• well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force

• still legally acceptable

• make legal

• make legal

• make legal

• make legal

• make legal

• make legal

• make legal

• make legal

• sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning

• marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner