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breed - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, class |
| Synonyms: | brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety, likes |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | generate, bring into being |
| Synonyms: | bear, beget, bring about, cause, create, deliver, engender, hatch, impregnate, induce, make, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, bring forth, give birth to, give rise to, progenerate |
| Antonyms: | not produce |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise, nurture |
| Synonyms: | bring up, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, foster, instruct, nourish, rear |
| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, precursor, progenitor, race, source, stock, antecessor, foregoer, foremother, parentage, primogenitor |
| Main Entry: | beget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, bear |
| Synonyms: | afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, sire, give rise to, progenerate, result in |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of children |
| Synonyms: | breed, clutch, family, flock, hatch, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, young, begats, chicks, descendants, infants, progeniture, scions |
| Antonyms: | child |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | copulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have sexual relations |
| Synonyms: | bed, breed, cohabit, couple, fool around*, fornicate, lay*, make love, make out*, mate, unite, be carnal, conjugate, do it, go all the way, go to bed, have coition, have relations, have sex, lie with, make it, sleep together, sleep with |
| Antonyms: | abstain, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domesticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tame; habituate |
| Synonyms: | accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke, acclimatize, domiciliate, housetrain |
| Main Entry: | engender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen; cause an action |
| Synonyms: | arouse, beget, breed, bring about, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate, produce, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, work up, bring forth, give birth to, give rise to, lead to |
| Antonyms: | destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | fertilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready to bear, produce |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, compost, cover, dress, enrich, feed, fructify, generate, germinate, impregnate, inseminate, manure, mulch, pollinate, procreate, propagate, treat, fecundate, lime, make fruitful, make pregnant, top-dress |
| Main Entry: | generate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, create |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up*, work up, give birth to, give rise to |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
| Synonyms: | brand, breed, category, class, compartment, department, division, genre, group, kind, make, model, section, sort, style, subdivision, variety, subfamily |
| Notes: | species is a subgroup of genus and you capitalize a genus, but not a species (which is properly pronounced SPEE-sheez) |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, breed, build, burgeon, come, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, produce, propagate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax*, widen, branch out, burst forth, come to be, get bigger, get taller, maturate, pop up, pullulate, spring up |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, plan |
| Synonyms: | bear, brainstorm*, breed, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, dream up*, engender, formulate, generate, get up, incubate, induce, invent, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, whip up*, work up*, bring forth, give birth, lay eggs, spitball, think up*, throw together, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | induce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen; encourage |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze*, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get up, get*, give rise to, goose*, impel, incite, influence, instigate, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, press, prevail upon, procure, produce, promote, prompt, sell one on, set in motion, soft-soap, squeeze, steamroll, suck in, sway, sweet-talk, talk into*, twist one's arm, urge, wheedle, win over* |
| Antonyms: | discourage, halt, hinder, prevent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lineage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | birth, blood, breed, clan, descent, extraction, family, folk, genealogy, heredity, house, kin, kindred, line, offspring, origin, pedigree, progeny, race, stock, succession, tribe, descendants, forebears, progenitors, stirps |
| Main Entry: | multiply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase; reproduce |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add, aggrandize, aggregate, augment, boost, breed, build up, compound, cube, double, enlarge, expand, extend, generate, heighten, magnify, manifold, mount, populate, procreate, produce, proliferate, propagate, raise, repeat, rise, spread, square |
| Antonyms: | decrease, divide, lessen, reduce |
| Main Entry: | occasion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen, bring about |
| Synonyms: | breed, cause, create, do, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, induce, influence, inspire, move, muster, originate, persuade, produce, prompt, provoke, work up, give rise to, lead to |
| Main Entry: | pedigree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry, heritage |
| Synonyms: | blood, breed, clan, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, origin, race, stock, stirps |
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