illegitimate

1. 1.

   the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

   Synonymsbastardby-blowlove childillegitimate childwhoreson

   Broaderoffspring

Other forms of illegitimate

plural

illegitimates·

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 illegitimate

What does illegitimate mean?

illegitimate means "contrary to or forbidden by law". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in illegitimate?

illegitimate has 5 syllables: il-le-git-i-mate. The stress falls on "git". In IPA it is /ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtəmɪt/.

What is another word for illegitimate?

Close synonyms include illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful, bastard. 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.

What is the opposite of illegitimate?

The recorded antonyms are legitimate.

Is illegitimate a common word?

illegitimate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.