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Domestic

/dəˈmɛstɪk/

A house servant; a maid; a household worker.

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📖 Definitions of "Domestic"

noun

1
A house servant; a maid; a household worker.
2
A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
"2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps//web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly."

adjective

1
Of or relating to the home.
2
Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
"domestic violence; domestic hot water"
3
(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
4
Internal to a specific country.

🔄 Synonyms of "Domestic"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
municipalnoun	Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
nativenoun	Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
internal	Of or situated on the inside.
tamed	domesticated; made tame
husbandly	Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
domesticated	Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
housewifely	Befitting a housewife.
domestic helpnoun	a household servant
home-loving	devoted to home duties and pleasures
house servantnoun	a household servant
householdnoun	Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
nationalnoun	Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
tameverb	(chiefly of animals) Accustomed to human contact.

↔️ Antonyms of "Domestic"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
foreignnoun	Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
undomestic	Not domestic.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Domestic"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
homenoun	One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
native	Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
householdnoun	Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
domesticated	Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
tame	(chiefly of animals) Accustomed to human contact.
tamed	domesticated; made tame
housewifely	Befitting a housewife.
husbandly	Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
nationalnoun	Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
municipalnoun	Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
interiornoun	The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
internal	Of or situated on the inside.
domestic helpnoun	a household servant
home-loving	devoted to home duties and pleasures
house servantnoun	a household servant
domiciliarynoun	Of or relating to a domicile
residential	Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
dwellingnoun	A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
homegrownnoun	(of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.
home-grown	Having been produced locally.