legitimating
Definitions
Verb
- Make legal
- Show or affirm to be just and legitimate
- Make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "legitimating".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "legitimating".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "legitimating".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | letting | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | legitimate | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | litigation | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | negotiating | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | illegitimate | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | estimating | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | legitimately | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | mitigating | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | meditating | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | legitimacy | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | agitating | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | levitation | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | legitimizing | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | litigating | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | levitating | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | legislating | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | intimidating | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | leitman | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | relegating | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | legitimize | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | intimation | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "legitimating" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "legitimating" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "legitimating" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "legitimating".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Soft Snow Dragon: China's Arctic Policy Legitimation Discourses between 2012 and 2019
Nov 25, 2025 The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies
Nov 25, 2025 The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies
Relational legitimation in dense institutional environments: The case of the UN Special Procedures
Sep 1, 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Sep 1, 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Domicide as Legitimating Narrative: A Conversation with Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Dec 16, 2024 Opinio Juris
Dec 16, 2024 Opinio Juris