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breed

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of breed

a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

some people say that honest politicians are a rare breed

Synonyms of breed

class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order, sort, species, strain, stripe, type, variety

Words Related to breed

model

sample, specimen

bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite

breed

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of breed

1 to bring forth offspring

rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated

Synonyms of breed

multiply, procreate, propagate, reproduce

Words Related to breed

bear, beget, engender, gender, generate, get, have, mother, parent, produce, sire

hatch, spawn

2 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 of breed

bring up, foster, nourish, nurse, raise, rear

Words Related to breed

father, mother

attend, care (for), cradle, cultivate, mind, minister (to), nurture, watch

discipline, educate, instruct, mentor, school, teach, train, tutor

edify, enlighten, indoctrinate

feed, provide (for), supply

advance, forward, further, promote

prepare

direct, guide, lead, shepherd, show

Near Antonyms of breed

abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat

ignore, neglect

harm, hurt, injure

3 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 of breed

beget, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield

Words Related to breed

conduce (to), contribute (to)

decide, determine

begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start

advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote

enact, render, turn out

Phrases Synonymous with breed

bring forth, give rise to

Near Antonyms of breed

impede, limit, restrict

clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress

arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard

can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still

abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench

4 to engage in sexual intercourse

cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night

Synonyms of breed

copulate, mate, sleep

Words Related to breed

fool around, fornicate

Phrases Synonymous with breed

do it, have sex

5 to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes

Synonyms of breed

enroot, implant, inculcate, infix, inseminate, instill, plant, sow

Words Related to breed

drive, hammer, pound

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), fix, lodge, root

imbue, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse

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