ADJECTIVE | all | domestic | of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation |
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pert | domestic | of or relating to the home / home / home / home | |
all | domestic | of or involving the home or family | |
all | domestic, domesticated | converted or adapted to domestic use | |
all | domestic | produced in a particular country | |
NOUN | person | domestic, domestic help, house servant | a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household |
Sounds | dahmeh'stihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation. | |
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Example | "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" | |
Narrower | home, interior, internal, national | Inside the country |
municipal | Of or relating to the government of a municipality | |
See also | national | Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation |
Opposite | foreign | Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) |
Spanish | interior, interno, nacional | |
Adverbs | domestically | with respect to the internal affairs of a government |
Meaning | Of or relating to the home / home / home / home. | |
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Spanish | doméstico | |
Catalan | domèstic | |
Nouns | domesticity | domestic / domestic activities or life |
home | housing that someone is living in |
Meaning | Of or involving the home or family. | |
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Attribute of | domesticity | The quality of being domestic or domesticated |
Narrower | domesticated | accustomed to home life |
home-loving | devoted to home duties and pleasures | |
home-style | As if in the home | |
housewifely | related or suited to a housewife | |
husbandly | related to or suited to a husband | |
Opposite | undomestic | not domestic or related to home |
Spanish | casero, doméstico | |
Catalan | casolà, domèstic | |
Adverbs | domestically | with respect to home or family |
Meaning | converted or adapted to domestic use. | |
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Synonym | domesticated | |
Broader | tame, tamed | Brought from wildness into a domesticated state |
Spanish | domesticado, doméstico | |
Nouns | domesticity | the quality of being domestic or domesticated |
Meaning | produced in a particular country. | |
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Broader | native | Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
Spanish | doméstico, nacional | |
Catalan | nacional |
Meaning | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. | |
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Synonyms | domestic help, house servant | |
Narrower | ayah | (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children |
home help | A person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work) | |
housekeeper | A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household | |
maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah | A female domestic | |
skivvy, slavey | A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work | |
Broader | servant, retainer | A person working in the service of another (especially in the household) |
Spanish | asistente, criado, doméstico | |
Catalan | criat, domèstic, servent |
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