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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

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. illegitimateadjective

    Synonyms:
    unlawfully begotten, born out of wedlock

  2. illegitimateadjective

    Synonyms:
    spurious, not genuine

  3. illegitimateadjective

    Synonyms:
    unauthorized, unlawful, illicit, improper

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. illegitimateadjective

    Synonyms:
    bastard, adulterine, illegal, illicit, spurious

  2. illegitimateverb

    Synonyms:
    illegitimatize, bastardize

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "illegitimate":

    unlawful, illegal, illicit, spurious, improper

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3556illegal
#4793shit
#12565unlawful
#13530improper
#14107asshole
#15342bastard
#18565illicit
#28087prick
#28336spurious
#34558illegitimate
#39825outlawed
#44952cocksucker
#67821mongrel
#98385dickhead

How to use illegitimate in a sentence?

  1. 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 Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.

  2. Brett Kavanaugh:

    Crazy stuff. Gangs, illegitimate children, fights on boats in Rhode Island, all nonsense, reported breathlessly and often uncritically by the media.

  3. Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi:

    The verdict is unjust, political and illegitimate and I will not acknowledge it, to my dear people, I say, make sure that al-Maliki and those who stand behind him don't get what he wishes. Because they want sectarian strife.

  4. President Biden:

    It easily could be illegitimate, imagine if, in fact, Trump had succeeded in convincing Pence to not count the votes.

  5. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz:

    Yesterday, the court doubled down with a 5-4 opinion that undermines not just the definition of marriage, but the very foundations of our representative system of government, for those who say the marriage decision yesterday is the law of the land, it is fundamentally illegitimate, it is wrong, it is not law, and it is not the Constitution.


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