Synonyms for breeding
ˈbri dɪŋ

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1. breeding, genteelness, gentility(noun)

   elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

   Synonyms:
   raising, rearing, nurture, facts of life, procreation, fostering, upbringing, genteelness, reproduction, education, bringing up, training, gentility, fosterage

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful

2. education, training, breeding(noun)

   the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

   "a woman of breeding and refinement"

   Synonyms:
   instruction, rearing, education, nurture, facts of life, educational activity, gentility, teaching, preparation, reproduction, training, bringing up, procreation, raising, didactics, fosterage, fostering, grooming, upbringing, pedagogy, genteelness

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful

3. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing(noun)

   helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

   Synonyms:
   rearing, education, fostering, nurture, facts of life, gentility, upbringing, training, bringing up, elevation, procreation, lift, raising, fosterage, reproduction, genteelness

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful

4. breeding(noun)

   the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

   Synonyms:
   raising, rearing, nurture, facts of life, procreation, fostering, upbringing, genteelness, reproduction, education, bringing up, training, gentility, fosterage

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful

5. reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life(adj)

   the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

   Synonyms:
   replica, rearing, education, reproductive memory, fostering, nurture, facts of life, gentility, upbringing, training, bringing up, replication, procreation, raising, fosterage, reproduction, genteelness

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful

6. breeding(adj)

   producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring

   "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. breeding

   Behavior is our action in the presence of others; conduct includes also that which is known only to ourselves and our Maker. Carriage expresses simply the manner of holding the body, especially in sitting or walking, as when it is said of a lady "she has a fine carriage." Bearing refers to the bodily expression of feeling or disposition; as, a haughty bearing; a noble bearing. Demeanor is the bodily expression, not only of feelings, but of moral states; as, a devout demeanor. Breeding, unless with some adverse limitation, denotes that manner and conduct which result from good birth and training. Deportment is behavior as related to a set of rules; as, the pupil's deportment was faultless. A person's manner may be that of a moment, or toward a single person; his manners are his habitual style of behavior toward or before others, especially in matters of etiquette and politeness; as, good manners are always pleasing.

   Synonyms:
   action, bearing, behavior, carriage, conduct, demeanor, deportment, life, manner, manners

   Preposition:
   The behavior of the pastor to or toward his people, on or upon the streets, before the multitude, or in the church, with the godly, or with the worldly, was alike faultless.

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1. breeding

   Synonyms:
   nurture, education, training, discipline, instruction, manners, air, demeanor, decorum

   Antonyms:
   ill-manners, ill-training, illbehavior, ignorance

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. breeding(n.)

   Synonyms:
   nurture, education, discipline, instruction, training, schooling

2. breeding(n.)

   Synonyms:
   deportment, manners

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1. List of paraphrases:

   reproduction, nesting, reproductive, rearing, husbandry, spawning, reproducing, nest, mating, breed, selection, farming, livestock, spawner, copying, ranching, broodstock, herding, reproduce, playback

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