domestication

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Animal husbandry

Nouns

1. domestication, taming; animal husbandry; cattle raising, dairy farming, ranching, stock breeding, horse training; transhumance; veterinarianism, veterinary medicine; browsing, grazing; cattle drive; fodder, forage, hay, oats, corn, straw; pasturage.

2. domestic animals:

a. livestock, beef, cattle, Aberdeen Angus, Alderney, Guernsey, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey, Longhorn, Shorthorn, etc.; hog, swine, pig, shoat, suckling pig; horse, colt, pony, filly, mare, bronco, mustang, cutting or stock horse, stallion, stud horse, gelding; saddle, draft, or workhorse; sheep.

b. poultry, [domestic] fowl, chicken, bantam, brahma, Cornish, leghorn, plymouth rock, Rhode Island, etc.; rooster, cock, hen, fryer, roaster, stewing chicken; goose; duck, duckling; turkey, gobbler, tom or hen turkey.

c. pet, animal companion; cat, dog, rabbit. See animal.

3. (place for keeping animals) menagerie, zoo, aquarium; stable, barn (see abode); corral, ranch, cote, feedlot, hutch, stockyard; dairy, creamery; fishpond, hatchery.

4. (animal keeper) husbandman, stockman, breeder, keeper, dairy farmer, rancher; groom, stableman; cowboy, cowgirl, cowherd, herder, cowman, cowpoke, cattleman, cowpuncher, cowhand, buckaroo; wrangler, trail boss, top hand; vaquero, gaucho, ranchero, broncobuster; shepherd, sheep-herder, herdsman; swineherd; apiarist, beekeeper; handler, trainer. Slang, pard[ner].

5. (animal doctor) veterinary, veterinarian, vet, horse doctor.

Verbs — domesticate, tame, breed, rear, train, break, ride herd, feed, water, milk, shear, rub down; round up, corral, housebreak; free-range.

Adjectives — domesticated, domestic, tame, gentle, broken; housebroken, trained.

Antonyms, see violence.