Synonyms for breeding
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Procreation
procreation, reproduction, race, propagation, generation, begetting, facts of life
2. Rearing — nurture; education; formation of manners
3. Manners
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
- n. 2
Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
- n. 3
The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
- n. 4
The act of copulation in animals.
Related words
- Phrases
- selective breeding
Forms
- Plural
- breedings → procreations, reproductions, races, propagations…
Choose the right word
Breeding, unless with some adverse limitation, denotes that manner and conduct which result from good birth and training.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- race There's a good chance that Tom will lose the race.
- reproduction He has attempted no slavishly literal reproduction.
- propagation He wrote a book about the propagation of Islam in Africa.
- procreation Procreation does not interest me.
- fostering Suffering on Earth will subside if we stop fostering it.
- rearing Why don't men help their wives with child-rearing?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| breeding | falling | |
| race | rising | |
| reproduction | steady | |
| propagation | falling | |
| procreation | rising | |
| fostering | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- race1
- 7 letters
- raising2, manners2, nurture2, rearing2
- 8 letters
- training2
- 9 letters
- education4, fostering3, gentility4, begetting3, fosterage
- 10 letters
- generation4, discipline3, upbringing3
- 11 letters
- propagation4, procreation4, genteelness
- 12 letters
- reproduction4
- 13 letters
- thremmatology
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (raising2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- élevage
- Italiano
- allevamento