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

Have these people never read, say, The Feminine Mystique, which exhaustively cataloged the despair of mid-century stay-at-home mothers? —Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

Sydney Sweeney has been doing the most in Euphoria season 3, as fans have watched her character Cassie evolve from a stay-at-home-wife into an OnlyFans superstar. —Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 12 May 2026

Mendenhall previously worked in law enforcement but is now a stay-at-home dad, according to The Bluegrass Standard. —Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026

Sharon had submitted a dozen couplets about the virtues of stay-at-home motherhood, as well as a rhyming list of reasons to believe in God. —Literary Hub, 11 May 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