Synonyms for licit
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Legitimate — unforbidden; permitted
legitimate, allowable, permissible, valid, appropriate, legit, rightful, rulable
2. Lawful — explicitly established or constituted by law
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unforbidden; permitted.
- adj. 2
Explicitly established or constituted by law.
Related words
- Word family
- licitly
Example sentences
- appropriate It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.
- valid Is it valid to say that all men are created equal?
- legitimate Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?
- permissible Ziri doesn't eat pork. It's not permissible in Islam.
- established The institution was established in the late 1960s.
- lawful We need to handle this in a lawful manner.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| licit | rising | |
| appropriate | steady | |
| valid | falling | |
| legitimate | steady | |
| permissible | falling | |
| established | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- legal2, valid2, legit2
- 6 letters
- lawful2
- 7 letters
- rulable
- 8 letters
- rightful2
- 9 letters
- allowable4
- 10 letters
- legitimate4
- 11 letters
- established3, appropriate4, permissible4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (legal2 = 2 syllables).