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illegitimately has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is legitimately.
in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom
“He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold”
of biological parents not married to each other
“this child was born illegitimately”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for illegitimately come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.