as in stay-at-home
chiefly US
a person who does work at home and usually does not have another job outside the home
TV commercials often show happy homemakers.
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Recent Examples of homemaker
In auditoriums and convention centers, businesspeople, educators, salespeople, and homemakers gathered to hear speakers such as Norman Vincent Peale, Zig Ziglar, and Art Linkletter, among others, extol the virtues of positive thinking, unbridled optimism, and hard work.
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Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Madigan’s mother was a homemaker, and his sister was five years younger.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
He was born an only child, on Jan. 22, 1937, to Anne, a homemaker, and Joseph, a steel worker and for a short time the police chief of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
By offering plants, flowers and entire window boxes, the women supported homemakers of lesser means.
—Sonja Dümpelmann, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
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Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Madigan’s mother was a homemaker, and his sister was five years younger.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
He was born an only child, on Jan. 22, 1937, to Anne, a homemaker, and Joseph, a steel worker and for a short time the police chief of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
By offering plants, flowers and entire window boxes, the women supported homemakers of lesser means.
—Sonja Dümpelmann, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for homemaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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This push into traditional housewife and breadwinner roles came after many women had been working outside the home during the war in jobs usually held by men.—
Beth Lipoff,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2025
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The housewife whose life goes south is kind of a specialty of yours, in Days of Wine and Roses, in The Bridges of Madison County, in The Hours.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Cohen wasn't present for the viewing, sources told PEOPLE, nor were the househusbands (both are staples at RHONJ reunions).—
Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
29 July 2024
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The househusbands, who are a staple at the RHONJ reunion, were not in attendance, insiders tell PEOPLE.—
Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
18 July 2024
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Richard Simmons' longtime housekeeper and companion Teresa Reveles is speaking out about the late fitness guru's final years.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Not that Davidtz excludes herself from the racist mindset that’s evident in Bobo, who enjoys spending time with her family’s housekeeper, Sarah (Zikhona Bali), despite treating her as beneath her.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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