Home › Words › T › thoroughbredthoroughbredthoroughbred means bred from pure stock.EtymologyFrom thorough + bred.adjBred from pure stock.Well-bred and properly educated.nounAny purebred horse.A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).e.g.“That athlete is a real thoroughbred.”A well-bred person.A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing, with its breeding history recorded in an official stud book.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.purebreed 76% match — Synonym of thoroughbreed. vs thoroughbred →thoroughbredness 70% match — The quality of being thoroughbred. vs thoroughbred →purebred 69% match — Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal. vs thoroughbred →bloodstock 69% match — Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses. vs thoroughbred →highbred 67% match — Of high-quality stock. vs thoroughbred →truebred 63% match — Alternative form of true-bred.; Purebred. vs thoroughbred →pedigreed 61% match — Having a pedigree; purebred vs thoroughbred →standardbred 59% match — A breed of horse bred specifically for harness racing vs thoroughbred →