supposititious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SUPPOSITITIOUS

born to a father and mother who are not married <entered the world as the supposititious son of a housemaid>

Synonyms baseborn, bastard, misbegotten, natural, spurious, supposititious, unfathered

Related Words fatherless, motherless; nameless; adopted, orphaned

Antonyms legitimate

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