domestic

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 Antonyms nondomestic, nonfamilial

2 changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans domestic animals in a barnyard Synonyms tame, domesticated, tamedRelated Words broken, halterbroken, housebroken, trained; docile, familiar, gentle, semidomesticated; subdued, submissiveNear Antonyms unbroken, untrained; wildishAntonyms feral, nondomesticated, savage, undomesticated, untamed, wild

3 belonging to a particular place by birth or origin the domestic bird population has been virtually wiped out by the brown tree snake Synonyms aboriginal, autochthonous, born, native, endemic, indigenousRelated Words local, regional; originalNear Antonyms imported, introduced, transplanted; alien, exotic, foreign, strange; expatriate, immigrantAntonyms nonindigenous, nonnative