Thesaurus results for HOMEMAKER

homemaker

noun

Definition of homemaker

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 David Chesley Briscoe was born July 30, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a union steward father and a homemaker mother who raised her two sons in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. — ABC News, 10 June 2026 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. — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026 In April, Hulu began airing the series The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale that depicts teen girls trained to be docile homemakers. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a lumberman and sawmill owner with one of the largest lumber operations in the area. — Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for homemaker

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None of the other housewives appears to get any other combinations of Xs and Os on their digits.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
The four-season housewife kicked off the 20th-season premiere that aired on Thursday by sharing that her 17-year-old son, Greyson, was stopped by police for speeding.

— Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 10 July 2026

Definition of housewife

Noun

Toward the middle, chief housekeepers can earn between $4,000 and $7,000 monthly, while executive chefs can make $5,000 to $9,000.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
The show centered on a single dad and former pro baseball player (Tony Danza) who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a powerful ad executive named Angela (Judith Light).

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

Definition of housekeeper

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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
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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