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Adjective thorough-bred has 1 sense
- pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred - having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
Antonym: crossbred (indirect, via purebred)
Noun thorough-bred has 3 senses
- thoroughbred - a well-bred person
--1 is a kind of adult, grownup
Antonyms: mixed-blood
- thoroughbred - a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
--2 is a kind of racehorse, race horse, bangtail
--2 has particulars:
- thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
--3 is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
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