justified

The word “justified” has 3 syllables: jus-ti-fied

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for justified?

In the thesaurus, “justified” has 202 synonyms and 88 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for justified along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for justified

accurate
acknowledged
actual
advocated
affirmed
alibied
allowable
allowed
anticipated
applicable
apposite
appropriate
apt
argued
asserted
assured
authorized
averred
avouched
avowed
becoming
befitting
bona fide
card-carrying
certain
certified
championed
chartered
claimed
clean
cogent
colorable
coming
commonsense
commonsensible
commonsensical
compelling
competent
conclusive
condign
condoned
confirmed
conforming
consequential
constitutional
contended
contractual
convictive
convincing
correct
corroborated
credible
debated
decreed
defended
dependable
deserved
discussed
disregarded
due
earned
emphasized
enforceable
enforced
enjoined
equitable
espoused
exact
excused
expected
explained
explained away
fair
faithful
felicitous
firm
fit
fitting
forceful
forcible
forensic
forgave
genuine
good
granted
guaranteed
happy
hard
honest
ignored
impartial
inducing
influential
informed
innocent
insisted
irresistible
judged
judicial
juridical
just
justifiable
kosher
lawful
legal
legalized
legit
legitimate
levelheaded
licit
logical
loyal
maintained
meaningful
meet
merited
momentous
normal
obligatory
on the level
on the up and up
ordained
orthodox
pardoned
passed
passed over
persuasive
pertinent
plausible
plead
pleaded
pled
potent
powerful
precedented
prescribed
proclaimed
professed
proper
protected
protested
puissant
rational
rationalized
real
reasonable
reasoned
regular
relevant
reliable
remitted
requisite
rhadamanthine
right
rightful
sanctioned
satisfactory
satisfying
secured
sensible
shrugged off
significant
sober
solid
sound
square
stated
statutory
stood up for
straight
stressed
strict
stringent
strong
stuck up for
suasive
substantiated
suitable
supported
sure
sure-enough
telling
true
trustworthy
uncompromising
underlined
underscored
undistorted
upheld
urgent
valid
validated
veracious
veridical
verified
vindicated
warranted
weighty
well-deserved
well-founded
well-grounded
within the law

Antonyms for justified

abandoned
abjured
arbitrary
bad
biased
controverted
deceptive
despotic
dishonest
disproved
excessive
fake
fallacious
false
flimsy
forged
forsook
fraudulent
groundless
illegal
illegitimate
illicit
illogical
implausible
impotent
imprecise
improper
inaccurate
inadequate
inapplicable
inapposite
inappropriate
inapt
incoherent
incorrect
indefensible
ineffective
inequitable
inordinate
invalid
irrational
irrelative
irrelevant
misguided
misled
nonrational
nonsensical
nonvalid
partial
rebutted
recanted
refuted
retracted
reversed
switched
took back
ugly
unacceptable
uncertain
unconvincing
undeserved
undue
unequal
unfair
unfit
unfitting
unfounded
unimportant
uninformed
unjust
unjustifiable
unjustified
unlawful
unmerited
unreal
unreasonable
unreasoned
unrightful
unseemly
unsound
unsubstantiated
unsuitable
unsuited
unsupported
unwarranted
weak
withdrew
wrong

Meanings of justified

adjective
1. Having a justification.
2. Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
verb
1. To provide an acceptable explanation for.
2. To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
3. To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
4. To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
5. To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
6. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
7. To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
8. To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

Example Sentences

She felt justified in her decision to speak out.
The court ruled that the defendant was justified in using self-defense.
His anger was justified given the unfair treatment he received.
The company's concerns about safety were justified by the recent incidents.
They believed the harsh measures were justified to prevent further damage.

On this page you'll find 290 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to justified, such as: abandoned, abjured, accurate, acknowledged, actual, advocated, affirmed.

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