Dear
Dear adjective - Commanding a large price.
Illegitimate and dear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illegitimate" instead an adjective "Dear".
Illegitimate
Illegitimate adjective - Born to a father and mother who are not married.
Dear and illegitimate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dear" instead an adjective "Illegitimate".
Nearby Words: illegitimacy, illegitimately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- A Song of Ice and Fire: King Robert, in direct contrast to how his dear friend Ned raised his bastard, entirely ignores the existence of fifteen of his illegitimate children and does his best to avoid Edric Storm, the sixteenth.
Source: Disappeared Dad - Jake Muller is the illegitimate son of Resident Evil series Big Bad Albert Wesker, and while he's an abrasive, initially financially-motivated Anti-Hero, he's a shining paragon compared to dear old dad.
Source: Heroic Bastard
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Illegitimate and Dear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dear/illegitimate
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Illegitimate or Dear. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dear/illegitimate.
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