bastard

1. 1.

   fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

   Synonymsbogusfakephonyphoney

   Similarcounterfeit

Other forms of bastard

plural

bastards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bastard

What does bastard mean?

bastard means "insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bastard?

bastard has 2 syllables: bas-tard. The stress falls on "bas". In IPA it is /ˈbæstɚd/.

What is another word for bastard?

Close synonyms include asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bastard a common word?

bastard is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.