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

1 sense of purebred

Sense 1
thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood -- (a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses)
       => animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Antonyms of adj purebred

1 sense of purebred

Sense 1
purebred (vs. crossbred) -- (bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain)

crossbred (vs. purebred) -- (bred from parents of different varieties or species)
        => bigeneric -- (resulting from a cross between species of different genera)
        => hybrid, intercrossed -- (produced by crossbreeding)
        => underbred -- (of inferior or mixed breed; "an underbred dog")
        => half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed -- ((of animals) having only one purebred parent)

Similarity of adj purebred

1 sense of purebred

Sense 1
purebred (vs. crossbred) -- (bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain)
       => full-blooded, full-blood, blooded -- (of unmixed ancestry; "full-blooded Native American"; "blooded Jersies")
       => pedigree (prenominal), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred -- (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal)

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