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
Unlike nursing home employees and home health aides, who must be licensed by the state Department of Public Health, there is no licensing process for homemaker companion workers.
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Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
His mother, a homemaker, once worked as a secretary for the Legislature in Nebraska, her home state.
—Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
His father was a metallurgist and his mother a homemaker.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Her parents were homemaker Gaynell Phillips Davis and construction worker James Davis.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2026
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Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
His mother, a homemaker, once worked as a secretary for the Legislature in Nebraska, her home state.
—Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
His father was a metallurgist and his mother a homemaker.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Her parents were homemaker Gaynell Phillips Davis and construction worker James Davis.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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Two of the victims were shot and one, an innocent housewife, was buried alive.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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In a nearby tent was Zuhoor Musa Abdul Rahman, a 30-year-old housewife who recounted with unnatural calm the horrors that spurred her to flee El Fasher, a city some 300 miles east of Obeid.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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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With his zeal for Jesus sweaters and his living-room church organ, Bernie plays the bumbling househusband to his successful businesswoman wife Eva (Alicia Silverstone), and father to his diligent scientist son Adam (Walt Klink) and moody shut-in daughter Sarah (Gaite Jansen).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2024
Noun
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In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Carmen Lauber, the Richins' housekeeper, is questioned by investigators.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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