Synonyms of bred

bred

verb

past tense of breed

1

as in propagated

to bring forth offspring

rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• propagated
• reproduced
• multiplied
• produced
• procreated
• spawned
• sired
• generated
• engendered
• hatched
• bore
• had
• begot
• mothered
• parented
• gendered
• got

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raised
• fostered
• nurtured
• reared
• taught
• cultivated
• educated
• fed
• brought up
• promoted
• nursed
• nourished
• watched
• trained
• attended
• fathered
• schooled
• cradled
• disciplined
• supplied
• provided (for)
• mothered
• instructed
• prepared
• led
• enlightened
• indoctrinated
• cared (for)
• forwarded
• mentored
• tutored
• ministered (to)
• furthered
• showed
• guided
• directed
• minded
• advanced
• edified
• shepherded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abused
• mistreated
• maltreated
• ignored
• neglected
• mishandled
• injured
• ill-treated
• hurt
• harmed
• ill-used

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• created
• brought
• caused
• generated
• spawned
• produced
• prompted
• did
• worked
• induced
• invoked
• engendered
• brought about
• yielded
• made
• effected
• translated (into)
• brought on
• brought forth
• resulted (in)
• occasioned
• begot
• introduced
• catalyzed
• drew on
• gave rise to
• promoted
• encouraged
• effectuated
• founded
• inaugurated
• contributed (to)
• established
• cultivated
• fostered
• developed
• determined
• nurtured
• pioneered
• launched
• initiated
• instituted
• began
• started
• decided
• enacted
• conduced (to)
• rendered
• fathered
• forwarded
• set up
• set
• innovated
• turned out
• nourished
• advanced
• furthered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricted
• limited
• suppressed
• impeded
• controlled
• crushed
• repressed
• stifled
• smothered
• checked
• quashed
• arrested
• subdued
• restrained
• killed
• put down
• inhibited
• dampened
• retarded
• curbed
• squashed
• quelled
• destroyed
• squelched
• abolished
• stilled
• canned
• clamped down (on)
• extinguished
• liquidated
• cracked down (on)
• demolished
• reined (in)
• quenched
• snuffed (out)

4

as in slept

to engage in sexual intercourse

cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slept
• mated
• had sex
• did it
• copulated
• fornicated
• fooled around

5

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• implanted
• rooted
• embedded
• inculcated
• instilled
• lodged
• inseminated
• sowed
• enrooted
• infixed
• drove
• inoculated
• invested
• entrenched
• pounded
• hammered
• imbued
• infused
• steeped
• ingrained
• suffused
• fixed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bred

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

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 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