legitimize

Other forms of legitimize

past tense

legitimized·

present participle

legitimizing·

third person

legitimizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about legitimize

What does legitimize mean?

legitimize means "make legal".

How many syllables are in legitimize?

legitimize has 4 syllables: le-git-i-mize. The stress falls on "git". In IPA it is /ləˈdʒɪtəˌmaɪz/.

What is another word for legitimize?

Close synonyms include legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is legitimize a common word?

legitimize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with legitimize?

12 words rhyme with legitimize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.