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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 | ||
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