as in wife
a married woman in charge of a household
She was career-minded and never intended to be a 1950s style housewife.
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Recent Examples of housewife
Hawley waited until the start of the fifth season to lean all the way into the comparison, by borrowing the movie’s inciting incident where a Minnesota Nice housewife is kidnapped by two goons — one hapless, one relentless and seemingly mystical.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
As a lonely housewife (Julianne Moore) strikes up a friendship with the son of her late gardener (Dennis Haysbert)—much to the horror of her neighbors—the foliage in their cozy suburb is completely on fire, forming a brilliant backdrop for a rather sad story.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
Available in its entirety, season 5 starts with the botched abduction of a Minnesota housewife in 2019, and features performances from Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joe Keery, Lamorne Morris and more.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Last month, for her performance in Monsters as Kitty Menendez, a Beverly Hills housewife who, along with her husband, was murdered by her two sons, Sevigny received the first Emmy nomination of her career, in the category of best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
As a lonely housewife (Julianne Moore) strikes up a friendship with the son of her late gardener (Dennis Haysbert)—much to the horror of her neighbors—the foliage in their cozy suburb is completely on fire, forming a brilliant backdrop for a rather sad story.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
Available in its entirety, season 5 starts with the botched abduction of a Minnesota housewife in 2019, and features performances from Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joe Keery, Lamorne Morris and more.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Last month, for her performance in Monsters as Kitty Menendez, a Beverly Hills housewife who, along with her husband, was murdered by her two sons, Sevigny received the first Emmy nomination of her career, in the category of best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Jimmie McKee and his wife, Minnie, bought the seven-room, two-story house in Washington Heights.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The biggest Flock controversy centers on allegations that law enforcement has abused the company’s surveillance network to target women, immigrants, and people engaging in legal activity outside their home states.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The busload of men and women who arrived that day in September 2018, like the others before and after, came with hopes of creating better lives for themselves and their families.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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