half-bred

1. 1.

   (of animals) having only one purebred parent

   Synonymshalf-bloodedhalf-breed

   Similarcrossbred

   animal

Questions about half-bred

What does half-bred mean?

half-bred means "(of animals) having only one purebred parent".

How many syllables are in half-bred?

half-bred has 1 syllable: half-bred.

What is another word for half-bred?

Close synonyms include half-blooded, half-breed. 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 half-bred a common word?

half-bred is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.