Synonyms of domesticating

domesticating

verb

present participle of domesticate

as in cultivating

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivating
• breeding
• propagating
• training
• producing
• using
• utilizing
• adapting
• adopting
• raising
• growing
• naturalizing
• nurturing
• mastering
• adjusting
• shaping
• habituating
• fostering
• fashioning
• planting
• promoting
• conditioning
• editing
• accustoming
• borrowing
• putting
• tailoring
• subduing
• rearing
• acclimating
• cropping
• culturing
• subjugating
• conforming
• acclimatizing
• doctoring
• usurping
• accommodating
• conquering
• subordinating
• appropriating
• modifying
• habilitating
• suiting
• converting
• subjecting
• transforming
• fitting
• dominating
• vanquishing
• sowing
• pacifying
• dressing
• altering
• bringing up
• reclaiming
• embracing
• revising
• overpowering
• remaking
• recasting
• arrogating
• reinventing
• refashioning
• reworking
• redesigning
• reengineering
• recycling
• refocusing
• redoing
• remodeling
• revamping
• espousing
• refiguring
• taking over
• refitting
• redeveloping
• taking on
• taking up
• rejiggering
• making over