Synonyms of the word

half-breed

• n. (derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American…
• adj. (of an animal) having one purebred parent; hybrid.

breed

• v. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
• v. Of animals, to mate.
• v. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
• v. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
• v. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
• v. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
• v. To yield or result in.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before…
• v. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
• v. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
• v. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
• n. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
• n. A race or lineage.
• n. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.

crossbred

• adj. Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of crossbreed.
• n. Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.

half-blooded

• adj. (genetics) having only one parent in common.
• adj. (genetics) having parents of mixed ethnicities.
• adj. (animals) having only one parent that comes from known pedigree.

half-bred

• adj. (obsolete) half-blooded.
• adj. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good breeding; not well trained.
• n. A half-blooded animal.

half-caste

• adj. Of mixed racial descent.
• n. (derogatory) A person of mixed racial descent.