legitimate: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 13 letter points · starts with L · ends with E
Meaning of legitimate
adj
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
Example: legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method
Authentic, real, genuine.
Example: legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions
Marital. Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated.
Source: Wiktionary — legitimate.
noun
A person born to a legally married couple.
Listed forms: legitimates.
Source: Wiktionary — legitimate.
verb
- transitive
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
Listed forms: legitimates, legitimating, legitimated.
Source: Wiktionary — legitimate.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for legitimate.
adjective
based on known statements or events or conditions
adjective
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
verb
make legal
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is legitimate in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of legitimate
L(1) + E(1) + G(2) + I(1) + T(1) + I(1) + M(3) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of legitimate
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from legitimate
171 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in legitimate. Showing up to 24, longest first.