bastard

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. illegitimate [child], love child; sham, counterfeit, fraud. — adj. illegitimate, natural, misgotten; false, spurious; mongrel, hybrid. See impurity, deception, posterity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Born out of wedlock]

Syn. illegitimate, natural, fatherless; see illegitimate 2 .

2. [Of dubious extraction]

Syn. false, adulterated, spurious; see false 3 , impure 1 , mixed 1 .

n.

1. [An illegitimate child]

Syn. illegitimate child, natural child, spurious issue, whoreson, love child, child born out of wedlock, nullius filius (Latin), Sunday's child*.

2. [A rascal]

Syn. scoundrel, ne'er-do-well, cheat, rascal, son of a bitch* or SOB*, stinker*, rat*, fink*, ratfink*, heel*; see also rascal .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. illegitimate child *love child, misbegot.

2. scoundrel, jerk, son of a bitch, cad, rascal.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Born to parents who are not married to each other: baseborn, illegitimate, misbegotten, natural, spurious, unlawful. See KIN, LAW.