Synonyms of the word

illegitimate

• adj. Illegal; against the law.
• adj. Born to unmarried parents.
• adj. Illogical; incorrectly deduced.
• adj. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious.
• adj. (botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously…
• n. someone born illegitimately.

adulterine

• adj. Spurious; due to adulteration.
• adj. Born of adultery.
• adj. Pertaining to adultery.
• adj. Illegal; unlicensed.
• n. (rare) One born of an adulterous union.

base

• n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
• n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
• n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
• n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
• n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
• n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
• n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
• n. Important areas in games and sports.
• n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
• n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
• n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
• n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
• n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
• n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
• n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
• n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
• n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
• n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
• n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
• n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
• n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
• n. (music) Dated form of bass.
• n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
• n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
• n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
• n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
• n. (obsolete) An apron.
• n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
• v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
• v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
• v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
• adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
• adj. Low in place or position.
• adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
• adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
• adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
• adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
• adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
• adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
• adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
• adj. Not classical or correct.
• adj. Obsolete form of bass.
• adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
• n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
• acr. Alternative form of BASE.

baseborn

• adj. bastard, illegitimate.
• adj. Of lowly birth.

bastard

• n. A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
• n. A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.
• n. (vulgar, referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person…
• n. (often humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
• n. (often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
• n. (informal) A child who does not know his or her father.
• n. (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
• n. A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
• n. An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.
• n. A sweet wine.
• n. A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
• n. An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
• n. A large mould for straining sugar.
• n. A writing paper of a particular size.
• n. (Britain, politics, pejorative) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
• adj. of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
• adj. of or like a bastard (bad person).
• adj. of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
• adj. of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.).
• adj. spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
• adj. (Britain, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
• adj. (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
• adj. (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color;…
• interj. (rare, vulgar) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
• v. (obsolete) To bastardize.

bastardly

• adj. Having been born out of marriage.
• adj. Of no use or purpose; useless; worthless.

by-blow

• n. A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort.
• n. An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.

fatherless

• adj. Without a living father.

illegal

• adj. Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
• adj. Forbidden by established rules.
• adj. (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent…
• adj. (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
• adj. (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
• n. (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
• n. An illegal resident spy.

illicit

• adj. (law) Not approved by law, but not invalid.
• adj. Breaking social norms.
• adj. Unlawful.

invalid

• adj. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
• n. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
• n. (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or…
• n. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
• adj. Intended for use by an invalid.
• v. (Britain) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

issue

• n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
• n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
• n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
• n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
• n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
• n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
• n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
• v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
• v. To rush out, to sally forth.
• v. To extend into, to open onto.
• v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
• v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
• v. To send out; to put into circulation.
• v. To deliver for use.
• v. To deliver by authority.

left-handed

• adj. Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
• adj. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
• adj. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
• adj. Awkward or maladroit.
• adj. Insincere or malicious.
• n. Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

misbegot

• adj. misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin.

misbegotten

• n. (obsolete, sometimes used abusively) One born illegitimately (i.e., out of wedlock); a bastard.
• n. (loosely, quasi-nominal collective, as “the misbegotten [are]”) That set of people born into infelicitous…
• adj. (of a person) Born out of wedlock; illegitimate.
• adj. (by extension, figuratively) Ill-conceived.
• adj. expressing contempt, disdain, or hatred.

offspring

• n. A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
• n. All a person's descendants, including further generations.
• n. An animal or plant's progeny, an animal or plant's young.
• n. (figuratively) Another produce, result of an entity's efforts.
• n. (computing) A process launched by another process.

outlaw

• n. A fugitive from the law.
• n. (historical) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without…
• n. A person who operates outside established norms.
• n. A wild horse.
• n. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
• n. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
• v. To declare illegal.
• v. To place a ban upon.
• v. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
• v. To deprive of legal force.

outlawed

• adj. (of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.
• adj. (of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of outlaw.

progeny

• n. (uncountable) Offspring or descendants.
• n. (countable) A result of a creative effort.

spurious

• adj. false, not authentic, not genuine.
• adj. (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate.

unauthorised

• adj. Not authorised; having no authority.

unauthorized

• adj. not having any authority.
• adj. without official authorization.

unlawful

• adj. Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).

whoreson

• n. An illegitimate child born of unwed parents.
• n. (literally) The son of a prostitute.

wrongful

• adj. wrong or unjust.
• adj. unlawful or illegal.