For a start, he was the illegitimate son of an unmarried mother.
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Illegitimate
/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/
Synonyms for "illegitimate" (156 found)
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Closest matches (32)
actionableaffectedagainst the lawanarchicanarchisticanomicapocryphalartificialassumedbantlingbar sinisterbasebornbastardbastard childbastardyblack marketblack-marketbogusbootlegbrummagem
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Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (46)
coloredcontrabandcontrary to lawcounterfeitcounterfeitedcriminaldistorteddressed updummyembellishedembroideredersatzfactitiousfakefakedfalsefalsifiedfatherlessfeignedfelonious
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
illicitinvalid argument
Verb(1 words)
Related words (78)
lawlesslove childmake believemake-believeman mademan-mademisbegottenmiscreatedmocknaturalnonconstitutionalnonlegalnonlicitoutlawoutlawedpervertedphonypinchbeckpretendedpseudo
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punishableput onput-onquasiqueerself-styledshamshoddysimulatedso calledso-calledsoi-disantspurioussupposititioussynthetictintinseltitivatedtriabletwistedunallowedunauthenticunauthorizedunconstitutionalunder-the-counterunder-the-tableungenuineunlawfulunnaturalunofficialunrealunstatutoryunwarrantableunwarrantedwarpedwrongful
Noun(9 words)
love childout-of-wedlock childspuriousunacknowledged childunauthorizedunlawfulunrecognized childusurpingwhoreson
Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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10 entriesbogus diplomacounterfeit itemfake productforged documentfraudulent claimfraudulent reportillegal actillegitimate daughterillegitimate soninvalid contract
Collocations
8 entriesillegitimate authorityillegitimate birthillegitimate businessillegitimate childillegitimate claimillegitimate offspringillegitimate powerillegitimate relationship
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
15 entriesSample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Although this chap came into the world in a somewhat impudent fashion, before he was sent for, his mother was pretty; we had fun making him, and the illegitimate fellow must be acknowledged.
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The king had numerous illegitimate children with her.
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Sami has an illegitimate daughter.
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