Valid

Adjective

 * 1) Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
 * I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
 * 1) Acceptable, proper or correct.
 * A valid format for the date is MM/DD/YY.
 * Do not drive without a valid license.
 * 1) Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
 * 2)  A formula or system that evaluates to true regardless of the input values.

Antonyms

 * invalid

Related terms

 * validate
 * validation
 * validator

Thesaurus
absolute, acceptable, actionable, adducible, admissible, advantageous, applicable, armipotent, attestative, attested, attestive, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, authorized, based on, beneficial, benevolent, binding, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, certain, circumstantial, cogent, commendable, competent, conclusive, confirmed, consistent, constitutional, convincing, corroborated, cumulative, damning, decisive, definitive, demonstrated, determinative, determined, documentary, documented, dynamic, effective, effectual, elegant, energetic, established, estimable, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, excellent, expedient, eye-witness, factual, fair, famous, favorable, final, fine, firsthand, forceful, forcible, founded on, good, goodly, grand, grounded on, healthy, hearsay, helpful, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, implicit, in force, in power, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, irrefutable, irresistible, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kind, kosher, laudable, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licit, logical, material, mighty, mighty in battle, nice, noble, nuncupative, operative, overwhelming, persuasive, pleasant, potent, powerful, prepotent, presumptive, probative, profitable, puissant, regal, reliable, rightful, royal, ruling, sanctioned, satisfactory, satisfying, self-consistent, significant, skillful, solid, sound, splendid, statutory, striking, strong, substantial, substantiated, sufficient, suggestive, sure, symptomatic, telling, useful, validated, verified, very good, vigorous, virtuous, vital, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded, within the law

Etymology
From valide

Translations

 * Estonian: põhjendatud


 * Hungarian: alapos, megalapozott, indokolt


 * Arabic: (šáraʕi)
 * Chinese: 有效的 (yǒuxiào-de)
 * Croatian: važeći
 * Czech: platný
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: korrektne, õigustatud
 * Finnish: kelpaava, pätevä, voimassa oleva, voimassaoleva
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 有効な (ゆうこうな, yūkō-na)
 * Korean: 유효한 (yuhyohan)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: действительный (dejstvítel’nyj)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1) valid