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
Despite its relatively high cost of living, Orlando remains a hot spot for retirees, ranking as the ninth-most affordable city for homemaker services and the 20th for adult day health care.
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
His father was a timber merchant and his mother a homemaker.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Her mother was a homemaker and photographer, and her father was in real estate and civil engineering.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Her father, who had made a fortune in real estate and brewing, was president of the Cleveland Trust Company, then Ohio’s largest bank; her mother, a homemaker, enrolled her in art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
His father was a timber merchant and his mother a homemaker.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Her mother was a homemaker and photographer, and her father was in real estate and civil engineering.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Her father, who had made a fortune in real estate and brewing, was president of the Cleveland Trust Company, then Ohio’s largest bank; her mother, a homemaker, enrolled her in art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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Somehow, in honoring the group’s women, from the rageful housewife Margie (Betsy Aidem) to the radical author Celeste (Kristolyn Lloyd), Flood’s outpouring becomes a lament.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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The film centers on Smita, a small-town housewife whose seemingly ordinary life unravels into a narrative exploring infidelity, deceit and moral ambiguity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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Choupette is cared for at great expense and in the utmost luxury by Françoise Caçote, the designer’s former housekeeper.—
Allison Anna Tait,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
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The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate, the outlet reported.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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