What is another word for illegitimate?

Common synonyms for illegitimate include bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, whoreson.

What is the plural of illegitimate?

The plural of illegitimate is illegitimates.

[ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt]noun, adjective5 syllables

Illegitimate means: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful.

noun, as in the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, whoreson

adjective, as in of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

adulterine, base, baseborn, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious, fatherless, left-handed, unlawful, wrongful, illegal, invalid, unauthorized, unauthorised

adjective, as in contrary to or forbidden by law

also used for illegitimate

nonstandard, crimeful, criminal, lawbreaking, nonlawful, natural, illogical, bogus, ingenuine, artificial, bad, bollocks, concocted, counterfeit, ersatz

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adjective

of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

contrary to or forbidden by law“an illegitimate seizure of power”

noun

the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

For a start, he was the illegitimate son of an unmarried mother.blay_paul
The king had numerous illegitimate children with her.mervert1
Donald Trump has spent his entire illegitimate term without majority approval.shekitten
Ursula von der Leyen has an illegitimate authority: she wasn't elected by people.maaster
The African Union declared the Azawad state as illegitimate.Amastan
Ziri was Rima's dad's illegitimate son.Amastan
Some say Mitch McConnell delegitimized the U.S. Supreme Court, but it was actually always illegitimate.shekitten

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as a noun