illegitimate
adjective
1. contrary to or forbidden by law
- an illegitimate seizure of power
Similar word(s): illegal, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful
2. of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
Similar word(s): unauthorised, unauthorized, illegal, adulterine, base, baseborn, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious, fatherless, unlawful, wrongful, invalid
Sentences with illegitimate as an adjective:
- an illegitimate child
- an illegitimate inference
- an illegitimate word