Domestic and Wild

Domestic

Domestic adjective - Changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans.
Usage example: domestic animals in a barnyard

Wild is an antonym for domestic.

Wild

Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.
Usage example: wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans

Domestic is an antonym for wild.

Nearby Words: wildly, wilding, wilde

Both words in one sentence

  • The Japanese of Age of Empires 3 are quite nearly this, since they're the only civilization that can't gather food from wild or domestic animals, however, they can still fish.
    Source: Veganopia
  • Ducks (order Anseriformes) will usually be mallards (wild or domestic) and geese will usually either be Canada geese or grey geese (usually domestic).
  • Pet Baby Wild Animal On the other hand, wolf-dogs, due to the mixing of wild and domestic ancestry, are often so extremely unpredictable that they simply cannot be kept as pets even by very experienced people.
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