thoroughbred

Meaning

Adj

1. Bred from pure stock.
2. Well-bred and properly educated.

Noun

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”).
2. (broadly) Any purebred horse.
3. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
4. A well-bred person.

Synonyms

purebred

pedigreed

pedigree

pureblood

pure-blooded

full-blooded

racy

pure-bred

pureblooded

gallant

genteel

gentle

gentlemanly

gracious

highbred

high-bred

ladylike

papered

patrician

polite

soulful

true-blue

true-born

urbane

well mannered

full blood

pure blood

truebred

true-bred

pure breed

blooded

English thoroughbred horse

blue-blooded

civil

courteous

courtly

debonair

educated

full-blood

full blooded

Translations

Vollblut

pura sang

pur-sang

Vollblüter

purosangue

purasangre

vollblütig

de race

reinrassig

αμιγούς γένους

ευγενής

Reinrassigkeit

αριστοκράτης

purasang

Etymology

From thorough + bred.