domestic animal

1. 1.

   any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment

   Synonymsdomesticated animal

   Broaderanimal

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Questions about domestic animal

What does domestic animal mean?

domestic animal means "any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment".

What is another word for domestic animal?

Close synonyms include domesticated animal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is domestic animal a common word?

domestic animal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.