Synonyms of breeds

breeds 1 of 2

noun

plural of breed

as in types

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 & Similar Words

• types
• kinds
• varieties
• genres
• stripes
• sorts
• species
• natures
• manners
• descriptions
• strains
• classes
• kidneys
• feathers
• likes
• ilks
• persuasions
• categories
• orders
• models
• specimens
• groups
• samples
• families
• groupings
• ranks
• brackets
• sets
• divisions
• suites
• grades
• lots
• bunches

breeds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of breed

1

as in reproduces

to bring forth offspring

rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reproduces
• propagates
• multiplies
• produces
• procreates
• spawns
• begets
• generates
• engenders
• parents
• mothers
• sires
• has
• genders
• hatches
• gets
• bears

2

as in fosters

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

• fosters
• raises
• nurtures
• nourishes
• promotes
• teaches
• feeds
• brings up
• rears
• nurses
• cultivates
• schools
• fathers
• mothers
• watches
• educates
• ministers (to)
• disciplines
• cradles
• leads
• trains
• attends
• minds
• supplies
• cares (for)
• provides (for)
• shows
• instructs
• guides
• furthers
• indoctrinates
• mentors
• advances
• edifies
• forwards
• shepherds
• prepares
• tutors
• enlightens
• directs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abuses
• mistreats
• ignores
• neglects
• maltreats
• ill-treats
• ill-uses
• harms
• hurts
• injures
• mishandles

3

as in causes

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

• causes
• creates
• brings
• generates
• prompts
• produces
• spawns
• does
• works
• yields
• begets
• induces
• engenders
• effects
• occasions
• translates (into)
• makes
• invokes
• brings about
• catalyzes
• results (in)
• brings forth
• gives rise to
• draws on
• encourages
• promotes
• effectuates
• brings on
• contributes (to)
• fosters
• introduces
• institutes
• determines
• fathers
• establishes
• develops
• cultivates
• founds
• initiates
• conduces (to)
• begins
• launches
• starts
• renders
• nourishes
• inaugurates
• furthers
• sets
• decides
• nurtures
• sets up
• pioneers
• turns out
• advances
• enacts
• innovates
• forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limits
• restricts
• impedes
• stifles
• controls
• suppresses
• squashes
• arrests
• inhibits
• crushes
• retards
• checks
• represses
• subdues
• smothers
• curbs
• reins (in)
• dampens
• restrains
• kills
• puts down
• destroys
• squelches
• clamps down (on)
• quashes
• cracks down (on)
• cans
• quells
• abolishes
• stills
• extinguishes
• demolishes
• quenches
• liquidates
• snuffs (out)

4

as in sleeps

to engage in sexual intercourse

cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleeps
• mates
• has sex
• does it
• copulates
• fornicates
• fools around

5

as in plants

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

• plants
• roots
• sows
• instills
• implants
• inculcates
• embeds
• lodges
• inseminates
• infixes
• drives
• enroots
• pounds
• entrenches
• hammers
• invests
• inoculates
• infuses
• imbues
• suffuses
• ingrains
• steeps
• fixes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breeds

Noun

Moorish horse breeds were crossed with native stock to create a sturdy and agile beast for managing cattle. —Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026

Those include University of Minnesota breeds along with private breeds. —Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026

Senior pups, large breeds and dogs with hip dysplasia or arthritis can benefit from structured foam that doesn’t collapse. —Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026

That’s the environment Close breeds, and intends to carry on after this season. —Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026

The two breeds at a high risk for BOAS—the Pekingese and Japanese chin—had high rates of nostril narrowing, with about 6 percent and 18 percent of dogs respectively having open nostrils. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026

This is designed for the smallest breeds. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026

In the special filmed at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, Fleming bounds across the stage sharing his takes on masculinity, conga lines, Trader Joes, Oreos, NPR, dog breeds and more. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026

Which dog breeds are the most affordable? —Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Feb. 2026

Verb

Everyone is suffering through it, and this breeds a very Arizona brand of kindness. —Becky Bartkowski, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026

Which breeds matched with our family? —Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026

Increasingly, companies are looking at how to make curiosity, which breeds innovation, part of their culture. —Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

Synergy breeds consistency on a basketball court. —Tony Jones, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026

It’s long been said that familiarity breeds contempt. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026

The California least tern is a white-and-black bird less than 10 inches long that breeds only in a few areas along the bays and lagoons of California and Mexico and is in danger of extinction because of coastal development. —Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026

The Upside Down is not a mirror dimension, but actually a wormhole/bridge to a separate dystopian world, The Abyss, which breeds all the Demogorgons and Demodogs. —Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025

But everything else about Kelli breeds skepticism. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025