BREEDINGS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

breedings

noun

plural of breeding

as in pedigrees

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a family of good breeding that is well respected in the community

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Noun

The son of a major leaguer turned long-time coach and brother of the Yankees’ top prospect, Jacob has perhaps one of the best pedigrees in this draft class.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Project Hail Mary’s position will also be tested against new releases from filmmakers with stronger Oscar pedigrees.

— Sophia Morano, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of pedigrees

Noun

The research team, led by Ellie Bourgikos and Nathan Grubaugh at the Yale School of Public Health, estimates that one of the virus’s two major lineages arrived in the Northeast by the early 1700s.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.

— Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of genealogies

Noun

From Bonds and Thome to Pettitte and Sabathia, a new generation of players with MLB bloodlines reignites questions over nepotism and merit.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
McCray was a relatively high pick with memorable bloodlines, as his dad was a longtime minor leaguer who is remembered for a very, very specific reason.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of bloodlines

Noun

Latinx historians in the volume raise another possibility, that the country’s origins run through the West as well, not only through Virginia or Philadelphia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Groves will mine personal archives, company records, patents and the sporting press to document Fred Perry’s origins from 1952 and reframe its legacy for today.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

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