baseborn

adjective

ˈbās-ˈbȯrn How to pronounce baseborn (audio)
Definition of basebornnext
1
as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank in the Middle Ages, a baseborn person simply had to accept his or her station in life

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2
as in illegitimate
born to a father and mother who are not married a baseborn child who rose to prominence in 19th-century London society

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baseborn
  1. low
  2. illegitimate
  3. plebeian
  4. humble
  5. ignoble
  6. lower-class
  7. lowborn
  8. inferior
Adjective
  • Jaguar also built a car with long, low proportions that are unique in its segment and required a new platform.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Set the scene For a hotel with some of the priciest rooms in the city, Capella Bangkok feels decidedly low key.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of low
Adjective
  • None of that is illegitimate, and none of it shows up on a data-residency dashboard.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of illegitimate
Adjective
  • Linen and cotton, cooling garments, were too plebeian; the people posed nobly for street-style social-media accounts in leather jackets and low-slung jorts.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of plebeian
Adjective
  • While the house is bursting with artwork that would make most museum curators envious, Herman’s home is surprisingly humble, built on a tight budget from prosaic materials.
    — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In the ultimate model-off-duty moment, Gigi Hadid was seen wearing a humble zig-zag headband—the quintessential late-'90s and early-2000s hair accessory.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of humble
Adjective
  • The prizes’ name is a reference to Ignatius (Ig) Nobel—a fictional character said to be a distant cousin of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, for whom the Nobel Prizes are named—and is also a pun on the word ignoble.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Definition of ignoble
Adjective
  • But new research is shedding light on what life was like for middle- and lower-class residents.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The franchise centers around a dystopian nation called Panem, where rich and authoritarian leaders force twelve lower-class districts to submit two children to fight in a deadly, and televised, battle every year.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
Definition of lower-class
Adjective
  • Newly added to the mix are lowborn dragonriders of Valyrian descent, Addam of Hull (whose father is Corlys Velaryon), Hugh and Ulf.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of lowborn
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  • The Chiefs went on to emerge victorious 24-10, but like the offense, the defense’s focus now will be identifying how an inferior team that lost its star player early managed to stay involved until late in the fourth quarter.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The same can be said for TCU’s offense as well after the past two games against inferior opponents.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of inferior
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“Baseborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseborn. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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