Synonyms for blood
Most common
background heritage bloodline parentage rip rake-hell life-blood gore
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Descent — A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to…
descent, bloodline, stock, family, line, birth, ancestry, lineage, consanguinity, kindred, relation, origin, background, pedigree, heritage, parentage, stemma rare
2. Rip
rip, rake-hell, rake, profligate, roue
3. Blade — A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy
spark, gallant, dandy, masher, popinjay, blade dated, dude dated, swell dated, buck dated UK, jack-a-dandy dated, macaroni dated, beau dated, exquisite rare, fop dated, fribble rare
Other
life-blood, gore, caste, purging, k'in
Definitions
- n. 1
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- n. 2
A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
- n. 3
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
Some insects are known for consuming blood.
Forms
- Plural
- bloods → descents, bloodlines, stocks, families…
Example sentences
- background Sami complained about the noise in the background.
- heritage The Casbah is part of Algiers's cultural heritage.
- parentage His parentage was unknown to us.
- rip What! This T-shirt is 3,000 yen? This is a rip-off!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blood | rising | |
| background | steady | |
| heritage | rising | |
| bloodline | rising | |
| parentage | steady | |
| rip | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rip1, fop1
- 4 letters
- line1, dude1, buck1, gore1, beau1, rake1, roue
- 5 letters
- stock1, birth1, blade1, spark1, swell1, caste1, dandy2
- 6 letters
- family3, origin3, masher, stemma
- 7 letters
- descent2, lineage3, gallant2, kindred2, purging2, fribble
- 8 letters
- heritage3, relation3, ancestry3, pedigree3, macaroni4, popinjay
- 9 letters
- exquisite3, bloodline2, parentage3
- 10 letters
- background2, profligate3
- 13 letters
- consanguinity
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dandy2 = 2 syllables).