Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson, illegitimate, illegitimate child
Definition: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Similar words: offspring, issue, progeny
Definition: the immediate descendants of a person
Usage: she was the mother of many offspring; he died without issue
Synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful
Definition: contrary to or forbidden by law
Usage: an illegitimate seizure of power; illicit trade; an outlaw strike; unlawful measures
Similar words: illegal
Definition: prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
Usage: an illegal chess move
Synonyms: illegitimate
Definition: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
Similar words: adulterine
Definition: conceived in adultery
Definition: illegitimate
Similar words: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
Definition: born out of wedlock
Usage: the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring- E.A.Freeman
Similar words: fatherless
Definition: not having a known or legally responsible father
Similar words: left-handed
Definition: (of marriages) illicit or informal
Usage: in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent
Similar words: unlawful, wrongful
Definition: having no legally established claim
Usage: the wrongful heir to the throne