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

Some 200 Guard troops filled in for the nonprofit’s hundreds of volunteers who were under stay-at-home orders. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025

Moriah is currently a full-time, stay-at-home mom, which is certainly an ideal vocation for someone who can't keep tight ties to any one city. —Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025

All of this left many of them dreaming of being a stay-at-home wife supported and protected by a rich and masculine man. —Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025

This is what inspired her launch of Power to Pursue, a women's movement that welcomes entrepreneurs, corporate professionals, stay-at-home moms and retirees alike to an annual summit. —Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025

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