Synonyms for illegitimate
ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪtil·le·git·i·mate

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1. illegitimateadjective

   Antonyms:
   logical, legal, legitimate

2. illegitimateadjective

   Antonyms:
   logical, legal, legitimate

3. illegitimateadjective

   Antonyms:
   legitimate, legal, logical

4. illegitimateadjective

   Antonyms:
   legitimate, legal, logical

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1. bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoresonadjective

   the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

   Synonyms:
   bastard, love child, mongrel, dickhead, son of a bitch, by-blow, prick, cocksucker, shit, whoreson, asshole, illegitimate child

   Antonyms:
   true(a), lawful, morganatic, legal, left-handed, rightful(a), legitimate, lawfully-begotten

2. illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawfuladjective

   contrary to or forbidden by law

   "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

   Antonyms:
   lawfully-begotten, morganatic, legitimate, true(a), legal, rightful(a), left-handed, lawful

3. illegitimateadjective

   of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

   Synonyms:
   outlaw(a), unlawful, illicit, outlawed

   Antonyms:
   lawful, lawfully-begotten, morganatic, true(a), legitimate, left-handed, rightful(a), legal

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1. illegitimateadjective

   Synonyms:
   unlawfully begotten, born out of wedlock

2. illegitimateadjective

   Synonyms:
   spurious, not genuine

3. illegitimateadjective

   Synonyms:
   unauthorized, unlawful, illicit, improper

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1. illegitimateadjective

   Synonyms:
   bastard, adulterine, illegal, illicit, spurious

2. illegitimateverb

   Synonyms:
   illegitimatize, bastardize

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1. List of paraphrases for "illegitimate":

   unlawful, illegal, illicit, spurious, improper

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1. Ian Bremmer:

   So I mean, how does this play out? This is all happening notwithstanding the fact that the putative leader of the Republican Party is the former president, who is continuing to argue day in and day out that Biden is an illegitimate president, i think it's very clear that you're going to see 2024 as a more significant political crisis for the United States than 2020 was.

2. Donald Trump:

   In its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, National Assembly invoked the country's constitution to declare Nicolas Maduro illegitimate, and the office of the presidency therefore vacant. The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.

3. Laxmaiah Manchikanti:

   Both are meant to control abuse and excessive use and illegitimate use of medications, florida’s pill mill law has achieved these goals.

4. Brian Brown:

   We will work to overturn any illegitimate Supreme Court ruling and we will make sure that folks understand that Supreme Court is an illegitimate ruling by Supreme Court.

5. Steve Vladeck:

   Once again, The Supreme Court has thrown out federal criminal convictions of public officials who, by their own admission, abused their power for corrupt and illegitimate purposes, the harder question is whether Congress will respond to rulings like this one by expanding the scope of these laws, or whether we're going to end up with a world in which criminal liability for such nefarious conduct depends upon the color of one's collar.