Legitimately earned

Synonyms for "legitimately earned" (26 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(6 words)

acquire correctly deserve deserveddeserved earningsdeserved reward

Strong matches (7)

Noun(7 words)

deservedlyearned incomeearned recognitiongain justifyjustly obtainedlawfully

Related words (13)

Noun(13 words)

lawfully earnedlegitimate incomemeritmerit basedmeritedmerited awardmerited payobtain procure properly rightfully warrantwell earned

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

adverb of mannerdeservedness earnings income legitimacy merit obtain recognition

More specific

25 entries

award badge certificate commission correctly creditdeserved promotiondeservedly grant honor lawfullylegitimate grantlegitimate incomelegitimate scholarshipmerited praisemerited recognition

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Collocations

19 entries

a certificatea livingdeserved rewardearned incomehigh markslegitimate earningslegitimately earned awardlegitimately earned credentialslegitimately earned creditlegitimately earned fundslegitimately earned incomelegitimately earned promotionlegitimately earned recognitionlegitimately earned reputationlegitimately earned scholarshiplegitimately earned wages

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Inflections

5 entries

earned earning earnsmore legitimatelymost legitimately

Derivations

22 entries

deserve deserved deservedness earn earnableearned incomeearner earning earnings fairly honestly justify legitimacy legitimatelegitimate earningslegitimately

Showing 16 of 22 words.

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