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- pronunciation:
- d
me
stihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or related to the household or family.
Their son takes care of the domestic chores now that their health has declined.He was happy for his wife to make all the domestic decisions.
- synonyms:
- familial, family, household
- similar words:
- home, residential
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| definition 2: |
particularly fond of the home or maintaining a home.
She loves her job and does not consider herself very domestic. |
| definition 3: |
capable of or used to living with humans.
Cats and dogs are domestic animals.- synonyms:
- tame
- antonyms:
- wild
- similar words:
- gentle, housebroken
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| definition 4: |
of the home country.
This part of the newspaper is devoted to domestic affairs.They were surprised that the wine was domestic and not imported.- synonyms:
- indigenous, native
- antonyms:
- alien, external, foreign, imported, international
- similar words:
- endemic, homebred, homegrown, internal, national
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| related words: |
family, native, tame |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who serves a household for pay; servant.
His grandmother had been a domestic in one of those grand houses.- synonyms:
- butler, help, housekeeper, housemaid, maid, maidservant, manservant, servant, valet
- similar words:
- factotum, governess, hand, hireling, major-domo, scullion, steward
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| related words: |
help, maid, menial |
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| derivation: |
domestically (adv.) |
Domestic comes from domus, the Latin word for "house." It was first used to mean "of one's own country" in 1545. The English word dome also comes from domus.
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