OUTCROSS Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

outcross

noun

Definition of outcross

as in intercross

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Recent Examples of outcross If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012

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Noun

Vertical plans to use a common aircraft platform for four- and six-passenger configurations, as well as electric, hybrid-electric and autonomous variants.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Transformation scenes can be unintentionally laughable, and no one has fully figured out how to make a wolf-human hybrid look less like a fall-season impulse buy at Home Depot and more like a terrifically terrifying beast.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hybrid

Noun

Labradoodles are a crossbreed between a Labrador Retriever and a Poodle.

— Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
While the findings aren’t a condemnation of any one specific crossbreed, the study’s authors hope the new information will help dispel ongoing myths about designer dogs.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of crossbreed

Noun

In between are a bunch of mongrel appliances that leave both humans and technology worse for wear, like a computer, in a 2024 photo by Sara Deraedt, that seems to be giving birth to a wet child.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2025

Definition of mongrel

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In short, the researchers somehow focused the X-rays into an area roughly 100,000 times smaller than the cross-section of a typical human hair.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Co-written by playwright (and Succession co-writer) Will Arbery, Sacrifice starts off as a showbiz satire that eventually transforms into a cross between Apocalypse Now and The Lord of the Rings.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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