Synonyms of breeding

1. breeding, genteelness, gentility, elegance: usage: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
2. education, training, breeding, upbringing: usage: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
3. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing, socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation: usage: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
4. breeding, production: usage: the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
5. reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life, sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity: usage: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

1. engender, breed, spawn, cause, do, make: usage: call forth
2. breed, cover, copulate, mate, pair, couple: usage: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"
3. breed, produce, make, create: usage: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"
4. breed, multiply, reproduce, procreate, multiply: usage: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"

1. breeding, fruitful (vs. unfruitful): usage: producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"