English noun: domestication | |||
| 1. | domestication (process) adaptation to intimate association with human beings | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adaptation, adaption, adjustment | ||
| 2. | domestication (attribute) the attribute of having been domesticated | ||
| Synonyms | tameness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flexibility, tractability, tractableness | ||
| Attribute | tame, tamed | ||
| Antonyms | wildness | ||
| 3. | domestication (act) accommodation to domestic life | ||
| Samples | Her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accommodation, adjustment, fitting | ||