Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of domesticate
adjectivedomesticated (comparative more domesticated, superlative most domesticated)
comparative more domesticated · superlative most domesticated
- Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
But I can take the calves and learn them to work and give milk, and learn them to become domesticated and useful.
1856, Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses, Volume 4
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiveaccustomed to home life
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic أَلِيف
- أَلِيف (ʔalīf)selectively bred to live with or around humans
Catalan domesticat
- domesticatselectively bred to live with or around humans
Chinese Mandarin 家養的 /家养的, 馴化的 /驯化的
- 家養的 /家养的 (jiāyǎng de)selectively bred to live with or around humans
- 馴化的 /驯化的 (xùnhuà de)selectively bred to live with or around humans
- 馴養的 /驯养的 (xùnyǎng de)selectively bred to live with or around humans
Estonian kodustatud
- kodustatudselectively bred to live with or around humans
Finnish koti-, kesy
- koti-selectively bred to live with or around humans
- kesyselectively bred to live with or around humans
- kesytettyselectively bred to live with or around humans
French domestiqué
- domestiquéselectively bred to live with or around humans
Greek εξημερωμένος
- εξημερωμένος (eximeroménos)selectively bred to live with or around humans
Hungarian háziasított, domesztikált
- háziasítottselectively bred to live with or around humans
- domesztikáltselectively bred to live with or around humans
Polish udomowiony
- udomowionyselectively bred to live with or around humans
Portuguese domesticado
- domesticadoselectively bred to live with or around humans
Russian ручно́й, приручённый
- ручно́й (ručnój)selectively bred to live with or around humans
- приручённый (priručónnyj)selectively bred to live with or around humans
Spanish amaestrado, adiestrado
- amaestradoselectively bred to live with or around humans
- adiestradoselectively bred to live with or around humans
Swedish tam, domesticerad
- tamselectively bred to live with or around humans
- domesticeradselectively bred to live with or around humans
Tagalog amak
- amakselectively bred to live with or around humans
Cite this entry
APA
domesticated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domesticated
MLA
“domesticated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domesticated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domesticated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domesticated.
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