Dictionary Home » Thesaurus » illegitimate

Synonyms for illegitimate

modified

  1. Unlawful

    contraband, wrong, illicit, irregular; see illegal, wicked 1.

  2. Born of unmarried parents

    born out of wedlock, natural, fatherless, bastard, misbegotten, unlawfully begotten, of illicit union, baseborn, unfathered, byblown, born on the wrong side of the sheet*.

  3. Illogical

    twisted, unsound, incorrect, unacceptable; see illogical, wrong 2.

See illegitimate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


adjective
  1. Prohibited by law:

    illegal, illicit, lawless, outlawed, unlawful, wrongful. See crimes, law
  2. Of, involving, or being a crime:

    criminal, illegal, illicit, lawless, unlawful, wrongful. See crimes
  3. Born to parents who are not married to each other:

    baseborn, bastard, misbegotten, natural, spurious, unlawful. See kin, law

Learn more about illegitimate

link/cite print suggestion box