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
Around him sat ten women—all of them homemakers and nurses—and one seven-year-old girl.
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Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
His father, Sidney, sold tokens for the New York City Transit Authority, and her mother, Ruth, was a homemaker.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
The clubs aimed to be an educational project targeted at rural girls to help improve their quality of life, and in turn help them as future homemakers improve the lives and health of their families, and by extension their community.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
The daughter of a homemaker and an accountant, Kuck grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio, a small town of less than 10,000 people 87 miles north of Columbus.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
His father, Sidney, sold tokens for the New York City Transit Authority, and her mother, Ruth, was a homemaker.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
The clubs aimed to be an educational project targeted at rural girls to help improve their quality of life, and in turn help them as future homemakers improve the lives and health of their families, and by extension their community.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
The daughter of a homemaker and an accountant, Kuck grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio, a small town of less than 10,000 people 87 miles north of Columbus.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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Here was the postwar American housewife—neatly dressed, pretty, poised, active—stepping unwittingly into a scene of utter depravity and sadism that reflected back at this wholesome young mother the darkest recesses of the human mind.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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To create the showbiz charade of being a beast in the ring and a nice presentable housewife the rest of the time.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 Sep. 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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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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The best bit for the housekeepers?—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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