bastard

1. noun

1) archaic

he had fathered a bastard

Syn:

illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock; dated love child, by-blow; natural child/son/daughter

2) informal

he's a real bastard

Syn:

scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, weasel, snake, snake in the grass, miscreant, good-for-nothing, reprobate; informal lowlife, creep, nogoodnik, scamp, scalawag, jerk, beast, rat, ratfink, louse, swine, dog, skunk, heel; slimeball, son of a bitch, SOB, scumbag, scumbucket, scuzzball, scuzzbag, dirtbag, sleazeball, sleazebag; dated hound, cad; archaic blackguard, knave, varlet, whoreson

2. adjective

1) archaic

a bastard child

Syn:

illegitimate, born out of wedlock; dated natural

2)

a bastard socialism

Syn:

adulterated, alloyed, impure, inferior; hybrid, mongrel, patchwork