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

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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