Synonyms for domestic
- adjective
Most common
civil comfortable civilized bourgeois internal household domesticated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or relating to the home.
Example sentences
- civil In the 1990s, Algeria was driven into a civil war.
- comfortable This house is anything but comfortable to live in.
- civilized That practice has no place in a civilized society.
- bourgeois Marriage is the true fortress of bourgeois morality.
- internal He suffered internal injuries in the car accident.
- household Our household expense got into the red last month.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| domestic | steady | |
| civil | steady | |
| comfortable | rising | |
| civilized | steady | |
| bourgeois | falling | |
| internal | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- home1, tame1
- 5 letters
- civil2
- 6 letters
- family3, native2, homely2
- 7 letters
- private2
- 8 letters
- national3, internal3, interior4, burgeois
- 9 letters
- household2, municipal4, civilized3, bourgeois2, civilised
- 11 letters
- comfortable4, domiciliary
- 12 letters
- domesticated5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (civil2 = 2 syllables).