hybrid

Speech parts

1. hybrid - Noun

2. hybrid - Adjective

3. hybrid - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cross bastard crossbred crossbreed mule mongrel mixed crossed composite blended heterogeneous combined amalgamated interbred loanblend
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Antonyms

thoroughbred same single pure homogeneous full-blooded
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Hypernyms

being word complex organism composite

Hyponyms

monohybrid dihybrid

Phrases with the word

hybrid diaper hybrid perpetual hybrid chip hybrid beasts hybrid eclipse hybrid tea rose

Examples

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. Paul Valéry

I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries. Mel Gibson

Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director. Michael Tilson Thomas

I was a kind of a one-man army. I could solder circuits together, I could turn out things on the lathe, I could work with rockets and balloons. I'm a kind of a hybrid between an engineer and a physicist and astronomer. James Van Allen

I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver. Barack Obama

Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.' Brian K. Vaughan

Close letter words and terms

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