household

¹house·hold

noun \ˈhau̇s-ˌhōld, ˈhau̇-ˌsōld\

Definition of HOUSEHOLD

: those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family; also : a social unit composed of those living together in the same dwelling

Examples of HOUSEHOLD

1. At that time, not many households had telephones.
2. <a household that consists of a single mom, her two kids, and her widowed mother>

First Known Use of HOUSEHOLD

14th century

Related to HOUSEHOLD

Synonyms

extended family, home, house, ménage

Related Words

blood, folks, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, kith; brood; nuclear family; clan, community

Rhymes with HOUSEHOLD

acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold

²household

adjective

Definition of HOUSEHOLD

1

: of or relating to a household : domestic <cooking and other household arts>

2

: familiar, common <a household name>

Examples of HOUSEHOLD

1. <he spent the weekend at home, helping with household chores>
2. <“ozone” is now a household word, thanks to global warming>

First Known Use of HOUSEHOLD

14th century

Related to HOUSEHOLD

Synonyms

familial, domestic

Antonyms

nondomestic, nonfamilial

Related Words

homelike, homely, homey (also homy); residential

Near Antonyms

aberrant, abnormal, irregular, unnatural; intermittent, occasional, sporadic