thoroughbred

1. 1.

   having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

   Synonymspedigreepedigreedpurebloodpureblooded

   Similarpurebred

Other forms of thoroughbred

plural

thoroughbreds·

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 thoroughbred

What does thoroughbred mean?

thoroughbred means "a well-bred person". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thoroughbred?

thoroughbred has 3 syllables: tho-rough-bred. The stress falls on "tho". In IPA it is /ˈθɝoʊˈbɹɛd/.

What is another word for thoroughbred?

Close synonyms include purebred, pureblood, pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood. 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 thoroughbred a common word?

thoroughbred 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 thoroughbred?

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