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

That being said, Thursday will be the perfect day to winter-proof your house and get all the supplies needed for a stay-at-home weekend. —Michael Autovino, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026

After settling into their Weinland Park home in 2020, the couple welcomed Emilia in 2022 and Beckham in 2024, and Monique became a stay-at-home mom. —Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026

For this reason and others, these devices were slow to penetrate until March 2020, when stay-at-home orders slowed the pace of busy lives. —Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 15 Jan. 2026

This often affects more women than men since women represent 82% of stay-at-home parents, according to Pew Research. —Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 15 Jan. 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