stay-at-home

adjective

ˈstā-ət-ˈhōm 

: remaining in one's residence, locality, or country

especially : remaining at home especially to tend to children and domestic duties while a spouse is at work

stay-at-home noun

Examples of stay-at-home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then the pandemic hit in March 2020, stay-at-home orders were issued and the business ground to a halt. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026

Fallon, a 46-year-old stay-at-home mom, has spent over a decade raising the dogs and has owned five Boerboels since first discovering the breed in 2008. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

Courtney Kim, a stay-at-home mom based in Pittsburgh, is among the patients taking the Wegovy pill who have yet to experience notable side effects. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026

That result is corroborated by new economic data proving the trend of the stay-at-home boyfriend is here to stay—and likely permanently. —Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stay-at-home

• acrosome
• aerodrome
• catacomb
• centrosome
• chromosome
• cytochrome
• hippodrome
• honeycomb
• liposome
• meerschaum
• metronome
• microtome