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 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 Chief was bred and adopted in North Carolina, but was later found at a shelter. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 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 The animal, fizzing with the inexhaustible energy of a creature bred for hauling chockablock toboggans, was confined to a tiny pen, a mere twenty feet square, behind the neighbor’s trailer. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 There’s a lot of talk about dogs being bred and sold, and Lopez said she’s seen evidence of animals being mistreated. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 There are both yellow and red tomato varieties bred for heat tolerance, with smaller cherry and plum varieties generally handling high temperatures better than larger varieties. — The Spruce, 28 June 2026 The rash was much milder in mice bred with defective itch-sensing nerve cells. — ABC News, 27 June 2026

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Verb

The cuttings can be propagated in water until roots form to grow new plants.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
However, when discussions are not grounded in evidence, misinformation can be propagated and can do real harm to the general public.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of propagated

Verb

Elsewhere, Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest reprise their roles as the eclectic aunts who raised the sisters.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
For some in the Howard community, the bitter experience has raised questions about the legacy of one of the country’s most revered historically Black colleges and universities.

— Matt Brown, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of raised

Verb

The new fragrance was created by the perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui, with a top note of bergamot, a heart of sea salt and a base of driftwood accord.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Even so, the film’s gaze is more anthropological than polemical, especially given the faux-doc vibe created by its abundant handheld camerawork, seemingly filmed sometimes by the actors themselves.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of created

Verb

The famed Tondré Vineyard, planted by the late Tondré Allarid in a former broccoli field, was also the source of a fabulous 2022 JMC Cellars Reserve Pinot Noir, paired with a wild mushroom and goat cheese crostini.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Five women in green uniforms and rain boots dug up weeds and planted new vegetables as Malonga talked about the soil, the project’s foundation.

— Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of planted

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Your god-classes and workarounds become its conventions, reproduced fluently in every new file.

— Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The synthetic images accurately reproduced the vortexes’ appearance and dynamics, including growth rate, distribution, and propagation speeds, which led the team to conclude their observations are most likely real.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduced

Verb

Despite Monroe’s death being ruled an overdose, mysterious circumstances surrounding her death have fostered conspiracy theories that foul play was involved.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Yet, the past five decades saw the dominance of 'shareholder value maximization,' an ideology now widely criticized as a short-sighted aberration that fostered short-termism.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of fostered

Verb

The nature of Robert Carradine’s death is the subject of a new lawsuit brought against the University of California, Los Angeles by the actor’s family.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
In that time, Sezalory had three kids, lost a brother and navigated her mother’s cancer diagnosis, all of which brought a new perspective.

— Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026