LEGITIMATE

10 letters 13 Scrabble points

Definition of LEGITIMATE

noun
  1. A person born to a legally married couple.

verb
  1. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.

Related words: legitimize
adjective
  1. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

    Synonyms: lawful legal
  2. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.

    "legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method"

  3. Authentic, real, genuine.

    "legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions"

Related words: lawful legal rightful

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters L E G I T I M A T E
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 13 points

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