Home › Words › H › housepethousepethousepet means A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.EtymologyFrom house + pet.nounA domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pethood 62% match — The state or condition of being a pet. vs housepet →semidomestic 61% match — Partially domesticated; accustomed to living together with humans vs housepet →domesticated 60% match — Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet) vs housepet →petcare 60% match — The care and medical treatment of pets (domestic animals). vs housepet →domesticant 60% match — A domesticated animal or plant. vs housepet →housetrain 57% match — To teach (a domestic pet) to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home. vs housepet →domestical 57% match — Domestic. vs housepet →petnapper 56% match — One who steals or abducts a pet (domestic animal). vs housepet →