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

His dad had been an upholsterer, his mother a stay-at-home mom. —Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 30 Nov. 2025

In The Family Stone, Elizabeth Reaser plays Susannah, the Stones' eldest daughter and a stay-at-home mom with a second child on the way. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Nov. 2025

In October 2025, the stay-at-home mother and wife published a children's book titled Reed's Roar to honor the life of her late son. —Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025

Henderson said Bianco earned his support in 2020, when the sheriff famously refused to enforce the state's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and mask mandates. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 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