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

3 senses of pedigree

Sense 1
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
       => genealogy, family tree -- (successive generations of kin)

Sense 2
pedigree -- (line of descent of a purebred animal)
       => breed, strain, stock -- (a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep")

Sense 3
pedigree, bloodline -- (ancestry of a purebred animal)
       => ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation -- (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)

Antonyms of adj pedigree

1 sense of pedigree

Sense 1
pedigree (prenominal), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred -- (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal)

INDIRECT (VIA purebred) -> crossbred -- (bred from parents of different varieties or species)

Similarity of adj pedigree

1 sense of pedigree

Sense 1
pedigree (prenominal), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred -- (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal)
       => purebred (vs. crossbred) -- (bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain)