bastard
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
Related & opposite
- vulgarism domain usage
Sense 2 adjective
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Related & opposite
- mongrel derivation
- hypocrite derivation
- role player derivation
- counterfeit similar to
Sense 3 noun
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Types & categories
- offspring hypernym
Related & opposite
- bastardize derivation
- bastardly derivation
Sense 4 noun
derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic
Types & categories
- variation hypernym
Related & opposite
- mongrelize derivation
- bastardize derivation
- bastardly derivation
- fake derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | vulgarism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mongrel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypocrite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | counterfeit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bastardize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bastardly |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | offspring |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mongrelize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bastardize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bastardly |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | variation |