DOMESTICS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

domestics

noun

plural of domestic

as in servants

a person hired to perform household or personal services working as a team, the couple hired themselves out as domestics for wealthy homeowners

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Recent Examples of domestics Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river. —

Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026 Along with its extensive food menu, Hamlin Pub bar program will have more than two dozen beers on tap, from ales to IPAs to domestics and imports, along with craft cocktails. —

Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Jan. 2026

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As previously noted, one of the gifts of Russian greats that Saunders most celebrates is their way of locating complex truths in the stuff of ordinary lives—their towns and farms, and their families, their servants; their animals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
In 2011, the teenage prince, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, arrived at USC with a small army of servants for an undergrad filled with luxury Lakers suites, exotic cars and a full-time residence at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026