Synonyms:
legitimate
Meaning: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
Synonyms:
legitimate, logical
Meaning: based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"
Synonyms:
legitimate
Meaning: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices"
Synonyms:
lawful, legitimate, licit
Meaning: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"
Usage examples
I am always available for legitimate complaints."
Fair and legitimate means were therefore laid aside, and a foul policy adopted.
A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it.
Clearly he was one of those invaluable subordinates whom to possess is a legitimate cause of boasting.
The girl was engaged to him, you know, and has only thrown him off since his own father declared that he was not legitimate.
A man's wife is his better half and his children are a good part of the remainder, and what they do or don't do becomes a matter of legitimate public concern.
"The ship will probably be despatched within these two weeks, and then I will take any birth in legitimate commerce, where I may win an honorable name and reputation."
"I've robbed churches and I've made way with fresh-air funds, and I've helped you in many another legitimate scheme, but in this, Mrs. Van Raffles, you'll have to go it alone."
The babe, it is implied, was the legitimate son and heir of Prince Charles, thus mysteriously smuggled off in order to preserve it from the machinations of the English government.
Emily Dickinson scrutinized everything with clear-eyed frankness. Every subject was proper ground for legitimate study, even the sombre facts of death and burial, and the unknown life beyond.