purebred

pure·bred

adjective \-ˈbred, -ˌbred\

Definition of PUREBRED

: bred from members of a recognized breed, strain, or kind without admixture of other blood over many generations

— pure·bred \-ˌbred\ noun

Examples of PUREBRED

1. <that horse is a purebred Arabian>

First Known Use of PUREBRED

1852

Related to PUREBRED

Synonyms

blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, pedigreed (or pedigree), pure-blooded (or pure-blood), thoroughbred

Antonyms

hybrid, mixed, mongrel

Related Words

well-bred; inbred

Near Antonyms

crossbred, crossed, half-blood (or half-blooded), half-bred, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed

Rhymes with PUREBRED

abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed

pure·bred

adjective \-ˈbred\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of PUREBRED

: bred from members of a recognized breed, strain, or kind without outbreeding over many generations

—pure·bred \-ˌbred\ (audio pronunciation) noun