full-blooded

Questions about full-blooded

What does full-blooded mean?

full-blooded means "of unmixed ancestry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in full-blooded?

full-blooded has 3 syllables: full--bloo-ded. The stress falls on "full-".

What is another word for full-blooded?

Close synonyms include full-blood, blooded, hearty, lusty, red-blooded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is full-blooded a common word?

full-blooded is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.