Synonyms of housewife

housewife

noun

as in wife

a married woman in charge of a household

She was career-minded and never intended to be a 1950s style housewife.

Related Words

• wife
• woman
• homemaker
• housekeeper
• madam
• lady
• hausfrau
• stay-at-home
• Mrs.
• wifey
• bride
• missus
• helpmate
• helpmeet
• matron
• spouse
• widow
• partner
• old lady
• dowager
• consort
• significant other
• better half
• companion
• mate
• soulmate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of housewife

The movie follows Hoffman's character, Benjamin, a recent college graduate who is struggling to find direction post graduation and is seduced by an older housewife and friend of his parents. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Stone was dressed as an aesthetically conscious conservative housewife with a crisp button-down shirt, A-line skirt, peroxide blowout and fake facelift sutures. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

The story conventionally begins on November 26, 1901, in an asylum in Frankfurt, where the physician Alois Alzheimer examined Auguste Deter, a housewife in her early fifties who had undergone a rapid mental decline. — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

While three-quarters of Danish women were housewives in 1960, nearly half were in the workforce by 1985. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026