house cat

Questions about house cat

What does house cat mean?

house cat means "any domesticated member of the genus Felis".

What is another word for house cat?

Close synonyms include domestic cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus. 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 house cat a common word?

house cat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.