inbred

Other forms of inbred

comparative

inbredder·

superlative

inbreddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inbred

What does inbred mean?

inbred means "produced by inbreeding". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inbred?

inbred has 2 syllables: in-bred. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/.

What is another word for inbred?

Close synonyms include connatural, inborn. 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.

What is the opposite of inbred?

The recorded antonyms are outbred.

Is inbred a common word?

inbred 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.

What rhymes with inbred?

6 words rhyme with inbred. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.