BRED Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

bred

verb

past tense of breed

as in propagated

to bring forth offspring rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated

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as in raised

to bring to maturity through care and education he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain

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as in created

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment

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as in slept

to engage in sexual intercourse cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night

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as in planted

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes

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Recent Examples of bred Game fowl are bred for aggression by definition, said Jenny Berg, California state director of the Humane World for Animals, which worked with Rogers on the bill. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Both The Fallout and My Old Ass were 100 percent bred out of me freaking out and being anxious about something. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 The competition within his new-look room has bred a relentless mentality that could result in a big year for the Jackets’ front. — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Unlike cows, Garner said, yaks have not had all their wildness bred out of them. — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 How a horse learned to play music Yupia is a 7-year-old American Bashkir bred in Kentucky. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Even the same people who bred Flaco for captivity stumble through answers about why keeping wild animals in confinement is, somehow, the right choice for them. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 July 2026 For the fourth year in a row, Indian grey hornbills have bred successfully in Gujarat’s Gir landscape, according to The Better India. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Scarce cultural assets are born organically, not bred artificially, and these assets are where pricing power lives. — George Wells, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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Verb

How to Grow Hibiscus From Seeds Both tropical and hardy hibiscus varieties can be propagated by seed.

— Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
These particular Stromanthe can be propagated via stem cuttings.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of propagated

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Extended deployments of carriers – which can have more than 5,000 sailors and Marines on board – have raised concerns about the impact not only on the ships but on service members.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Mangione’s lawyers raised concerns when he was first charged in both jurisdictions that the 28-year-old was unfairly being tried twice for the same crime.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of raised

Verb

Amaya joined DePaul in October 2022 and, according to her lawsuit, created and oversaw the athletic department’s mental health education programming.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Some of the loudest opposing voices are creatives, who see the products being created by AI companies as something threatening to their own practice and to the world at-large.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of created

Verb

Wilson’s draft night peers await The Bulls rookie planted his flag some time ago.

— Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The Last Bison surrounded him with a thicket of acoustic instrumentation, including guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin, while Fallon, cowboy hat planted firmly on his head, joined the fray with a washboard.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of planted

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Numerical simulations reproduced the experimental results and indicated that nonreciprocal pair propulsion is the minimal mechanism needed to sustain the unusual cluster dynamics.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Your god-classes and workarounds become its conventions, reproduced fluently in every new file.

— Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduced

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Fears of future economic and supply chain weaponization have fostered a growing estrangement between the two countries, feeding a broader hostility that empowers more aggressive voices on both sides of the Pacific.

— GLORIA XIONG, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
In the high-stakes case unfolding in Meta's home state of California, 29 attorneys general joined in a unified lawsuit alleging that Meta fostered addictive behavior in teens and children.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of fostered

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Firefighters brought the blaze under control and the injured were taken to a hospital where some were being treated for burn injuries while others suffered from smoke inhalation and asphyxiation, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The case was brought by Strawberry Growers for Fair Trade, a coalition of Florida strawberry producers, whose berries are typically harvested during the winter months.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026