| English noun: legitimacy | |||
| 1. | legitimacy (attribute) lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lawfulness | ||
| Antonyms | illegitimacy | ||
| 2. | legitimacy (attribute) undisputed credibility | ||
| Synonyms | authenticity, genuineness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | believability, credibility, credibleness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | real McCoy, real stuff, real thing | ||