illegitimate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Types & categories
- offspring hypernym
Related & opposite
- bastardize derivation
- bastardly derivation
Sense 2 adjective
contrary to or forbidden by law
an illegitimate seizure of power
Related & opposite
- unlawfulness derivation
- illicitness derivation
- crook derivation
- illegal similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
Related & opposite
- unauthorized also see
- illegal also see
- invalid also see
- legitimate antonym
- adulterine similar to
- baseborn similar to
- bastardly similar to
- fatherless similar to
- left-handed similar to
- wrongful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bastardize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bastardly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | offspring |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlawfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | illicitness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crook |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | illegal |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unauthorized |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | illegal |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | invalid |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | legitimate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | adulterine |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | baseborn |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bastardly |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fatherless |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | left-handed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | wrongful |