legitimate

le-git-i-mate · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Conforming to the law or to rules; lawful.

  2. 2.

    Able to be defended with logic or justification; valid.

  3. 3.

    (Of a child) Born of parents lawfully married to each other.

Related words

Antonyms: fraudulent, illegitimate, invalid
See also: lawful, legal, valid
Synonyms: genuine, lawful, valid

Etymology

From Latin legitimare (to make lawful), from legitimus (lawful), from lex (law).