Qualities
Synonyms for legitimate
Synonyms for legitimate: lawful and logical. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for legitimate
Interchangeable with legitimate in this sense
Audited under legitimate's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one legitimate carries in that sense.
- lawfuladjective, in the sense "authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name legitimate as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- logicallogical is an adjective in the sense "based on known statements or events or conditions"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under legitimate and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
A legitimate government.
The true synonym
lawful
Same sentence, swapped: A lawful government.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- sensible
- spectacular
- rational
Where legitimate turns up in the game
legitimate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where legitimate is the trap
- consistentadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is uniform, in the sense "the same throughout in structure or composition", so legitimate is there to be ruled out.
- sincereadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is solemn, in the sense "characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions", and legitimate is one of the three tiles that lose.
- spectacularadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is outstanding, in the sense "having a quality that thrusts itself into attention", and legitimate is one of the three tiles that lose.
- corruptverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is profane, in the sense "corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality", and legitimate is on the board beside it.
Play legitimate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so legitimate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
legitimate is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.