stay-at-home

noun

Definition of stay-at-homenext
as in housewife

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stay-at-home
  1. housewife
  2. homemaker
  3. housekeeper
  4. househusband
  5. wife
  6. husband
Noun
  • The latest season is possibly the most unhinged yet, and given season two featured one of the housewives getting arrested by the FBI for wire fraud on camera, that’s truly saying something.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • By the turn of the century, Hiller writes, these domestic workers headed elsewhere to earn their wages, leaving the housewives to tend to kitchen affairs.
    Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of housewife
Noun
  • But despite being most famous as a homemaker, an occupation usually associated with mothers, Stewart would later appear ambivalent about motherhood itself.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The book Entertaining was met with massive success and launched Stewart's career as the ideal homemaker, teaching her fans how to not only cook but host parties and entertain.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of homemaker
Noun
  • According to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ longtime housekeeper, Kathy McKeon, Jackie requested clean bed linens daily.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Two decades later, the former hotel housekeepers earned $37,000 a year on average, while the one-time restaurant hosts typically made more than $80,000 annually.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • Cohen wasn't present for the viewing, sources told PEOPLE, nor were the househusbands (both are staples at RHONJ reunions).
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • The househusbands, who are a staple at the RHONJ reunion, were not in attendance, insiders tell PEOPLE.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
Definition of househusband
Noun
  • There’s the author trying to keep the peace between his new wife and his strict mother, the lesbians who can’t decide whether to have a baby, and a swarm of real estate developers looking for a windfall.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
  • So Mark McAfee and his wife Blaine loaded up their white Suburban SUV with jugs of unprocessed milk and some ice chests to keep it cool, and drove the 250 miles to the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of wife
Noun
  • Today, the cabinet sits in Sturge’s living room and houses her husband’s bourbon collection. 07 of 09 A Brass Samovar From her mother-in-law, who had lived overseas for many years, Carla Aston inherited a brass samovar sourced in Iran.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The home where the victims were reportedly found was said to be owned by Haddon’s former journalist daughter Ryan and Ryan’s actor husband, Marc Blucas.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of husband
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