illegitimate synonyms

illegitimate

modif.

  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.

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