PEDIGREE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

pedigree

noun

ˈpe-də-ˌgrē

Definition of pedigree

as in lineage

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a woman of good pedigree

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Recent Examples of pedigree Based on Buzz Bissinger’s nonfiction book of the same name, The Mosquito Bowl was produced at a level of scale and pedigree that signals the beginning of a new chapter. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026 Georgia, a perennial top-10 program and national championship contender, typically recruits passers of Matthew Stafford-level pedigree. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 Studio executives maneuvered to synergize its top-secret pedigree for maximum impact. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 The backstory Once home to 60 Thompson, a defining early-2000s boutique hotel, this SoHo address has serious hotel pedigree. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pedigree

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Noun

Reconciling competing visions of reality depends on continuously normalizing disparate vendor inputs into a unified GTM data model, scoring source reliability, assessing recency and maintaining complete lineage tracking.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of lineage

Noun

Testing could include genetic genealogy, tracing relatives through DNA connections.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
To anyone accustomed to the usual genealogies of either Judd or late-twentieth-century architecture, his choice of Alexander might have been startling.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of genealogy

Noun

The law capped the number of breeding dogs in a single operation at 50 and required rest between breeding cycles.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Now, close to 70 years into this long-running breeding project, scientists have pinpointed a specific type of brain cell linked with changes in the foxes’ behavior.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of breeding

Noun

As indie pop became glossier and more fleshed out in the 1990s, few bands embraced its minimal, melancholy origins like the Cat’s Miaow.

— David Glickman, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
The studio is developing projects based on the brand Quiksilver’s origin story and the story of retail brand Guess.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

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