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hybrid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hybrid

being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera
  • A hybrid rose called "American Beauty" was actually first developed in France.
Synonyms of hybrid

cold-blooded (or coldblood), cross, crossbred, mixed, mongrel
Words Related to hybrid

grade, half-bred

crossed, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed
Near Antonyms of hybrid

pedigreed (or pedigree)

inbred, linebred, straightbred
Antonyms of hybrid

blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, purebred, thoroughbred

hybrid

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hybrid

an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera
  • A tangelo is a hybrid of the tangerine and the grapefruit.
Synonyms of hybrid

cross, crossbred, crossbreed, intercross, mongrel
Words Related to hybrid

mule

outcross

half-bred
Near Antonyms of hybrid

full-blood, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred

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