English adjective: domestic | |||
1. | domestic of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | ||
Samples | Domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction. | ||
Similar | home, interior, internal, municipal, national | ||
See also | national | ||
Antonyms | foreign | ||
2. | domestic of or relating to the home | ||
Samples | Domestic servant. Domestic science. | ||
3. | domestic of or involving the home or family | ||
Samples | Domestic worries. Domestic happiness. They share the domestic chores. Everything sounded very peaceful and domestic. An author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste. | ||
Similar | domesticated, home-loving, home-style, housewifely, husbandly | ||
Attribute | domesticity | ||
Antonyms | undomestic | ||
4. | domestic converted or adapted to domestic use | ||
Samples | Domestic animals. Domesticated plants like maize. | ||
Synonyms | domesticated | ||
Similar | tame, tamed | ||
Antonyms | untamed, wild | ||
5. | domestic produced in a particular country | ||
Samples | Domestic wine. Domestic oil. | ||
Similar | native | ||
Antonyms | foreign, strange | ||
English noun: domestic | |||
1. | domestic (person) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | ||
Synonyms | domestic help, house servant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | retainer, servant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | amah, ayah, home help, housekeeper, housemaid, maid, maidservant, skivvy, slavey | ||