Illegitimate Synonyms and Antonyms
ĭl'ĭ-jĭt'ə-mĭt
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Synonyms for Illegitimate
born out of wedlock
Born of unmarried parents
unlawfully begotten
Born of unmarried parents
of illicit union
Born of unmarried parents
unfathered
Being or having been deprived of paternal care.
byblown
Born of unmarried parents
born on the wrong side of the sheet
Born of unmarried parents
Not correct; erroneous or wrong:
(Linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
The definition of illegal is a person not permitted to be in a country or an act that is against the law.
The definition of illicit is something illegal, forbidden or culturally taboo.
Without law; not regulated by the authority of law
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Not lawful; illegal.
Wrong or unjust:
The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
Mean or ignoble in character or spirit
Of a size or shape that differs from the normal or standard
Having an improper basis or origin; ill-conceived:
(Archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
The definition of illogical is not making sense or going against reason.
Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
Not conforming to established rule, method, usage, standard, etc.; out of the ordinary; anomalous
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Based upon supposition
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.
Not warranted; unjustified; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
(Heraldry, considered nonstandard) A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
Anything produced by indiscriminate mixture
contrary to or forbidden by law
An indirect blow or hit
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Alternative spelling of love child.
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
(Literally) The son of a prostitute.
Prohibited from being imported or exported.
adulterine
Due to adulteration
The definition of erratic is something that is not consistent or is lacking in a fixed course.
Without a living father.
Antonyms for Illegitimate
Used as an intensive:
The definition of legal is something connected to law or a government’s system of rules.
That can be justified.
not legal
Authorized with a warrant.
Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual evidence:
Individual codes of ethics are commonly seen as those unwritten rules of behavior instilled in an individual by their upbringing and environment. Examples of societal ethical codes can include such things as:
Words Related to Illegitimate
(Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful:
Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:
Prohibited by law
A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately.
Related, as by blood
Find another word for illegitimate. In this page you can discover 59 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for illegitimate, like: born out of wedlock, unlawfully begotten, of illicit union, unfathered, byblown, born on the wrong side of the sheet, twisted, unsound, incorrect, unacceptable and wicked.
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