Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bastardy

1 sense of bastardy

Sense 1
bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister -- (the status of being born to parents who were not married)
       => status, position -- (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")