All illegitimate synonyms
il·le·git·i·mate
I i adj illegitimate
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- illegal — forbidden by law or statute.
- unconstitutional — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
- unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
- improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- illicit — not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- misbegotten — unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- supposititious — fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
- unsanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
adjective illegitimate
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- banned — to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
- forbidden — a past participle of forbid.