Meanings
- not comparableTrained not to excrete indoors.
- broadlynot comparableExhibiting behavior and habits that are consistent with good housekeeping.
DeSantis picks cultural fights that are sometimes warranted but more often exhausting. Yet each man will seem at least house-trained compared with recent leaders of their party.
2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times1 more example
But he did have the endearing habit of cleaning up after she cooked, and unlike other men of her acquaintance the dishes were actually clean when she went to get them out of the cupboard again. Johnny was house-trained, too.
1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 112
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of house-train
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch zindelijk
- zindelijktrained not to excrete indoors
Finnish sisäsiisti
- sisäsiistitrained not to excrete indoors
French dressé, propre
- dressétrained not to excrete indoors
- propretrained not to excrete indoors
German stubenrein
- stubenreintrained not to excrete indoors
Hungarian szobatiszta
- szobatisztatrained not to excrete indoors
Russian приу́ченный к лотку́
- приу́ченный к лотку́ (priúčennyj k lotkú)trained not to excrete indoors
Spanish entrenado, aseado
- entrenadotrained not to excrete indoors
- aseadotrained not to excrete indoors
- limpiotrained not to excrete indoors
Swedish rumsren
- rumsrentrained not to excrete indoors
Cite this entry
house-trained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house-trained
“house-trained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house-trained. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house-trained,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house-trained.
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