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

While research shows stay-at-home parents can raise one child on less than $100,000, that figure might be conservative or involve a lot of skimping. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Patsy Ramsey was a stay-at-home mother to the couple’s children, Burke and JonBenét. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026

When a pandemic like Covid goes global, with wide stay-at-home policies instigated, oil and gas companies feel the commercial disaster very quickly. — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Morst, 45, is a stay-at-home mom who has been active on numerous school district advisory groups and is a regular attendee of School Board meetings. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 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