# legitimate

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C1 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** adjective
- **Pronunciation:** /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/
- **English:** allowed by law or acceptable as reasonable
- **Persian:** مشروع، موجه

## Example

> She had a legitimate reason for being late.
> او دلیل موجهی برای دیر آمدنش داشت.

## Word forms

- noun: legitimacy

## Synonyms

lawful, valid

## Opposites

illegitimate

## Common phrases

- a legitimate concern
- legitimate business
- perfectly legitimate

## Related words

- [autonomy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/autonomy): the freedom to make your own decisions (C1)
- [consensus](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/consensus): an opinion that all members of a group agree with (C1)
- [controversial](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/controversial): causing a lot of disagreement or argument (C1)
- [integrate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/integrate): to combine things so that they work together (C1)
- [precedent](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/precedent): an earlier event or decision used as a guide for later ones (C1)
- [stringent](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/stringent): strict and demanding careful following (C1)
- [warrant](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/warrant): to be a good enough reason for something (C1)
- [circumstance](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/circumstance): a fact or condition connected with an event or situation (B2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/legitimate