| 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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