Thesaurus results for HOMEMAKERS

homemakers

noun

plural of homemaker

as in wives

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 homemakers 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 Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, for example, spoke at Benedictine College’s commencement in 2024 and encouraged female graduates to become homemakers. —

Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 Around him sat ten women—all of them homemakers and nurses—and one seven-year-old girl. —

Joshua Sharpe august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025

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In The Frenzy, several characters in one story are research scientists and their wives, and the setting is something like the Institute for Advanced Study nearby in Princeton.

— Emma Alpern, Vulture, 17 June 2026
For many wives and long-term partners, the diagnosis quietly transforms everyday life, introducing new responsibilities, emotional burdens and relationship challenges.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026