All legitimate antonyms
le·git·i·mate
L l adjective legitimate
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
adj legitimate
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- illegitimate — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
- unreal — not real or actual.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- irrational — without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
- unreliable — not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
- unsuitable — not suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.
- illegal — forbidden by law or statute.
- incorrect — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- unwarranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- uncommon — not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
- unfitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
- improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.