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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | household |
| Synonyms: | calm, devoted, domiciliary, family, home, home-loving, homelike, homely, indoor, pet, private, sedentary, settled, stay-at-home, subdued, submissive, tame, trained, tranquil |
| Notes: | a domestic animal is a pet; a domesticated animal is a formerly wild animal bred for human use |
| Antonyms: | business, industrial, office |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
| Synonyms: | at ease, at rest, central, down home, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, in one's element, in the bosom, inland, internal, local, national, native |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | business, commercial |
| Main Entry: | household |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
| Synonyms: | domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain |
| Antonyms: | business, commercial, industrial |
| Main Entry: | familial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancestral |
| Synonyms: | domestic, family, genetic, hereditary, inherited |
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| Concept: | [Motion downwards] Descent. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-adjectives
descending; descendent; decurrent, decursive; labent, deciduous; nodding to its fall.
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| Antonyms: | ascent |
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| Concept: | [Forcible egress] Extraction. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-adjectives
extracted.
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| Antonyms: | insertion |
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| Concept: | Order. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
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orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused; arranged.
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| Antonyms: | disorder |
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| Concept: | Posterity. |
| Category: | 3. POWER IN OPERATION |
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-adjectives
filial; diphyletic.
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