illegitimate

illegitimate is a 12-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
2. adjective. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
3. adjective. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
4. adjective. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
5. transitive verb. To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
6. noun. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

   Synonyms: bastard, whoreson

7. adjective. contrary to or forbidden by law

   "an illegitimate seizure of power"

   "illicit trade"

   Synonyms: illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful

8. adjective. of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

Synonyms

bastard, whoreson, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful

Common word forms

illegitimated, illegitimately, illegitimating

Words from these letters

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