domestic

Syllables: do·mes·ticUK/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/

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domestic adjective: of or relating to the home.

Adjective

domestic (comparative more domestic, superlative most domestic)

Of or relating to the home.

Synonyms:

bourgeois, civilized, comfortable

Antonyms:

adventurous, social
Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
- domestic violence; domestic hot water
- The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse.2022 January 5, Kaanita Iyer, “Tennessee is the latest state to require hairstylists to complete domestic violence training”, in CNN
Synonyms:

domiciliary
Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
- It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.1890, US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90
Synonyms:

domesticated

Antonyms:

wild, feral
Internal to a specific country.
- domestic terrorism
- The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.1996, Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics
Synonyms:

intranational

Antonyms:

foreign, global
Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.
- “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.1994, George Whitmore, “Getting Rid of Robert”, in Violet Quill
- Homosexual men were non-warlike and homosexual women non-domestic, so that their energies sought different outlets from those of ordinary men and women; they became the initiators of new activities.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)

Noun

domestic (plural domestics)

A maid or household servant.
- It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
- Her fears thus prevailing, she communicated them to her mother as soon as the object of them had retired, who not in the least participating in them, they gradually subsided; but for an interval only, for, when retired to her chamber, during the hours of repose, every sound intimidated her; the...1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 244
(colloquial, informal) A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.
- 2005, Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps://web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics”...
- Nobody wanted to join the 'Cardigan Squad' – so-called because Child Protection officers were seen as woolly, glorified social workers that mopped up after domestics.2010, Harry Keeble, Baby X: Britain’s Child Abusers Brought to Justice, →ISBN, page 153

domestic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

domestic in Hindi

of or relating to the home: पारिवारिक pārivārik
of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur: पारिवारिक pārivārik

domestic in Tamil

of or relating to the home: வீட்டு vīṭṭu
of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur: வீட்டு vīṭṭu
(of a domesticated animal) kept by someone: வீட்டு vīṭṭu
internal to a specific country: உள் uḷ, நாட்டு nāṭṭu

domestic in Marathi

of or relating to the home: घरगुती ghargutī
of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur: घरगुती ghargutī

domestic in Urdu

of or relating to the home: گَھریلُو gharelū
internal to a specific country: اندرونی ملک andrūnī mulk

More languagesFewer languages

domestic in Bengali: বাড়ির চাকর, গার্হস্থ্য, পারিবারিক, সাংসারিক
domestic in Telugu: దేశీయ, దేశీయంగా
domestic in Malayalam: കുടുംബപരമായ, സ്വകാര്യമായ, സ്വദേശീയമായ, വീട്ടിൽ വളർത്തിയ
domestic in Kannada: ಮನೆಯ ನೌಕರ, ಚಾಕರ, ಮನೆಯಾಳು, ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಯಾರಾದ ಹತ್ತಿಯ ಬಟ್ಟೆ
domestic in Punjabi: ਘਰੇਲੂ gharelū
domestic in Gujarati: પાળેલું pāḷelũ
domestic in Odia: ଘରୋଇ
domestic in Sanskrit: आवसथ्य āvasathya
domestic in Arabic: مَنْزَلِيّ manzaliyy
domestic in Malay: bela jinak, domestik
domestic in Indonesian: dalam negeri
domestic in Thai: บ้าน bâan, ภายในประเทศ paai-nai-bprà-têet
domestic in Vietnamese: nuôi trong nhà, nội địa

Examples of domestic in a sentence

Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2020:
New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.1992, Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A.:

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Synonyms of domestic

Antonyms

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Forms of domestic

Adjective
comparative	more domestic
superlative	most domestic
alternative form (obsolete)	domestick
Noun
plural	domestics

Origin of domestic

From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).

Phrases with domestic

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Questions about domestic

What does domestic mean?: Domestic means of or relating to the home.
What is domestic in Hindi?: Domestic in Hindi is पारिवारिक (pārivārik). See Domestic meaning in Hindi.
How do you use domestic in a sentence?: Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.
What part of speech is domestic?: Domestic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce domestic?: Domestic is pronounced /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/ (UK).

Words near domestic in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: domestic (page history and authors); domestic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); domestic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); domestic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); domestic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਘਰੇਲੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); domestic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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