Synonyms of domesticated

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adjective

də-ˈme-sti-ˌkā-təd 

as in tamed

changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans

the domesticated horses are kept in a corral

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tamed
• tame
• domestic
• trained
• broken
• docile
• subdued
• submissive
• gentle
• housebroken
• familiar
• halterbroken
• semidomesticated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wild
• feral
• savage
• untamed
• undomesticated
• untrained
• unbroken
• wildish

domesticated

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verb

past tense of domesticate

as in cultivated

to change (a wild animal or plant) over time to make it more suited to life with or use by humans

Humans domesticated wolves to produce man's best friend.

Related Words

• cultivated
• trained
• bred
• used
• propagated
• utilized
• produced
• habituated
• accustomed
• conditioned
• raised
• adopted
• adapted
• grew
• naturalized
• nurtured
• mastered
• shaped
• acclimated
• adjusted
• cultured
• fashioned
• fostered
• conformed
• edited
• suited
• promoted
• tailored
• planted
• acclimatized
• borrowed
• reared
• accommodated
• cropped
• brought up
• doctored
• put
• subdued
• fitted
• habilitated
• dressed
• subjugated
• dominated
• conquered
• usurped
• subordinated
• converted
• pacified
• vanquished
• appropriated
• transformed
• modified
• subjected
• overpowered
• sowed
• altered
• remodeled
• embraced
• recycled
• revised
• took over
• reclaimed
• reinvented
• reworked
• redesigned
• remade
• arrogated
• espoused
• recast
• refocused
• took up
• made over
• took on
• reengineered
• revamped
• refashioned
• refitted
• rejiggered
• refigured
• redeveloped
• redid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of domesticated

Adjective

These inventions transformed honey bees from a largely feral species into semi-domesticated livestock that could be managed year-round, expanded, and reproduced. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026

Verb

Livestock have been reshaping landscapes since humans first domesticated sheep, goats, pigs, and cows, about ten thousand years ago. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Such contradictions, that cats can be both domesticated and yet somewhat feral, is part of their appeal, says comedian Drennon Davis, whose four cats have found internet fame via his short-form videos. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Though cocoa was first domesticated in Peru and Ecuador, and has been grown across Latin America for millennia, the majority of the world’s cocoa now comes from West Africa. — Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026

Believed to have been domesticated thousands of years ago in parts of Africa and India, sesame is now grown throughout many warm regions of the world, including India, Sudan, Myanmar, China and several countries across the Middle East. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

This is because sandboxes can become infected with fecal microbes and parasites from wild and domesticated animals—including millions of free-roaming cats. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026

The not-so-obvious irony is that some 20,000 years ago, humans domesticated the wolf as protection from bears and lions. — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Study co-author and geologist Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Spain rules out cooking within Wonderwerk because fire was only opportunistically brought there—it was not domesticated yet. — Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 19 June 2026

New genetic data indicates that cats feeding off the abundant rodents plundering human food stores domesticated themselves for similar reasons around 10,000 years ago. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 10 June 2026