DOMESTIC ANIMAL Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

domestic animal

noun

Definition of domestic animal

as in pet

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Dissimilar Words

invertebrate

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Recent Examples of domestic animal In warmer weather, both wild and domestic animals spend more time outdoors, as do people, said Rachel Reichardt, environmental health specialist and zoonosis lead at the health department. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026 Our domestic animals outnumber wild beasts by a ratio of fifteen to one, and 26 percent of species of large mammals are threatened with extinction. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 The first months of her life were spent on a farm, surrounded by domestic animals and wild landscapes, in an environment far from the European palaces that would come to define her adulthood. — Marta SuÁrez, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026 John, 58, was charged with two felonies for killing a domestic animal and for obstruction of justice. — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for domestic animal

Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal

Noun

Residents were advised to prepare to leave, gather important belongings and make arrangements for pets in case the warning was upgraded to an evacuation order.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The disease poses no health risk to humans or pets like cats and dogs.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of pet

Noun

Mastodons were massive, elephant-like herbivores that went extinct roughly 11,700 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
The same process occurs in the radish’s spicier cousins, and the resulting chemicals are thought to help deter herbivores and pests.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of herbivore

Noun

As prices have soared, Americans' appetites for beef has increased along with trends like carnivore diets and protein-maxxing.

— Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 9 Sep. 2026
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received two reports of a rare gray wolf sighting and photos of the carnivore in late August in an area where Mendocino, Glenn and Lake counties meet.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of carnivore

Noun

Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Many of the bird species migrating through the Midwest are insectivores, living in the neotropics in winter to have food for survival.

— Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

Definition of insectivore

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