Home › Words › P › purebreedpurebreedpurebreed · noun — synonym of thoroughbreed.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom pure + breed.nounSynonym of thoroughbreed.e.g.“There has been a strong movement for a number of years on the part of American poultry producers to pay progressively less attention to the traditional purebreeds.” — 2012, Douglas M. Considine, Foods and Food Production Encyclopedia, page 1561:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thoroughbred 76% match — Bred from pure stock. vs purebreed →purebred 73% match — Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal. vs purebreed →truebred 69% match — Alternative form of true-bred.; Purebred. vs purebreed →thoroughbredness 68% match — The quality of being thoroughbred. vs purebreed →unbreed 62% match — The mutt, considered as a breed in its own right. vs purebreed →highbred 61% match — Of high-quality stock. vs purebreed →intrabreed 59% match — Within a single breed. vs purebreed →pedigreed 59% match — Having a pedigree; purebred vs purebreed →