Thesaurus:bastard

Thesaurus:bastard

THESAURUS

bastard

English

Synonyms

• bastard

• by-blow

• fruit of adultery

• love child (euphemism)

• nullius filius (legal)

• whoreson (archaic)

Hyponyms

• abishag (thieves' cant)

• filia populae (legal)

• filius populi (legal)

Hypernyms

• child    [WS]

• person    [WS]

Various

• bar sinister

• baton sinister

• bend sinister

•   —

• born in the vestry

See also

• Thesaurus:illegitimate
• Thesaurus:git
• Thesaurus:jerk

Further reading

• “925. undueness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “bastard” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.