Synonyms of legitimacy
9 similar words · 7 opposite words
Another word for legitimacy is permissibility. Other synonyms of legitimacy are legitimateness, allowability, allowableness, liceity and legitness. The opposite of legitimacy is invalidity.
Synonyms and similar words for legitimacy
nounMore synonyms
- legitimatenessThe quality of being legitimate.
- allowabilityThe state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.
- allowablenessThe state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.
- liceityThe legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
- legitness slangLegitimacy.
- permissibilityThe condition of being permissible; legitimacy; allowability.
- permissiblenessThe state of being permissible; legitimacy; allowableness.
- validity
- validnessThe state of being valid.
Opposite of legitimacy
nounMore antonyms
- illegitimacy
- illegitimatenessQuality of being illegitimate.
- invalidityThe state of being invalid; lack of validity.
- invalidnessInvalidity; the state of being invalid.
- nonlegitimacyLack of legitimacy; the quality of being nonlegitimate.
- nonvalidityThe state or condition of being nonvalid.
- unvalidity
Meaning of legitimacy
- noun The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
- noun Public acceptance of an institution, such as a government, corporation, or system.
- noun Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
legitimacy in other languages
Questions about synonyms of legitimacy
- What is another word for legitimacy?
- Legitimacy has 9 synonyms on Word.ws, such as permissibility, legitimateness, allowability, allowableness, liceity, legitness, permissibleness and validity.
- What is the opposite of legitimacy?
- The opposite of legitimacy is invalidity.
- What does legitimacy mean?
- Legitimacy means the quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: legitimacy (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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