crossbred

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of CROSSBRED

being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera <a beautiful crossbred dog who had the pleading eyes of a beagle and the body of a greyhound>

Synonyms cold-blooded (or coldblood), cross, crossbred, hybrid, mongrel

Related Words grade, half-bred; dihybrid, trihybrid; crossed, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed

Near Antonyms pedigreed (or pedigree); inbred, linebred, straightbred

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

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