Entry Word: domestic

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 of or relating to a household or family <the surest way to maintain domestic peace and harmony is to have everyone pitch in on chores>

Synonyms familial, household

Related Words homelike, homely, homey; residential

2 changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans <domestic animals in a barnyard> — see tame 1