legit
UK/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/
legit noun: a legitimate; a legitimate actor.
Noun
legit (plural legits)
- A legitimate; a legitimate actor.
- A legitimate child.
Adjective
legit (comparative more legit, superlative most legit)
- Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.
- Synonyms:
- acceptable, allowable, permissible, legitimate, leveful, licit, rightful, rulable, true, valid
- Not using cheats.
- Did you see how fast that person was moving? I don't think they're legit.
- Genuine, actual, literal or honest.
- “The Bynar ship went missing on stardate 58934.9.” “Okay, so your intel is legit, but this still feels like a trick.” “No. I'm a changed computer. Just look at me. Do you see the blue light?” “The light is reassuring.”2023 October 12, Edgar Momplaisir, “A Few Badgeys More” (8:50 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid)
- Genuinely good and possessing all the required or expected qualities; the real deal.
- I checked out her portfolio. She's legit.
- If you neglect ex-planet Pluto's orbit, which is inclined 17 degrees from the plane of Earth's orbit, all the legit planet planes (as well as the equator of the Sun) lie within about 7 degrees of one another.2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Planets, Moons, and Cosmic Debris”, in Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century (Science / Astronomy), Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN...
- Synonyms:
- genuine article, real McCoy
- Cool by virtue of being genuine.
- Synonyms:
- real
Adverb
legit (comparative more legit, superlative most legit)
- Legitimately; within the law.
- Honestly; truly; seriously.
- He legit thinks he can pass the test on zero sleep.
- That legit scared the hell out of me.
legit meaning in Tamil
legit in Tamil
- சட்டப் பூர்வமான, உண்மையான
Examples of legit in a sentence
- While in the actual legit sciences, you can run multiple experiments to generate a host of data.
- And by next year, I want to be completely legit, then it’s just me, you and Tish.
- If your hair doesn't curl it identifies you as a legit target.
Synonyms of legit
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Forms of legit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | legits |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more legit |
| superlative | most legit |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more legit |
| superlative | most legit |
Origin of legit
Clipping of legitimate or legitimately.
Words formed from legit
Words that rhyme with legit
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Questions about legit
- What does legit mean?
- Legit means a legitimate; a legitimate actor.
- What is legit in Tamil?
- Legit in Tamil is சட்டப் பூர்வமான, உண்மையான. See Legit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is legit?
- Legit can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce legit?
- Legit is pronounced /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of legit?
- The plural of legit is legits.
Words near legit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: legit (page history and authors); legit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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