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
Each had played an iconic housewife, although Molly stood in fascinating contrast with Lucy Ricardo: the former was a fixer, the latter a firecracker, prone to fits of mischievous rage, then spanked into submission by her bandleader husband.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Smiley appeared on the very first season of RHOC as the fiancé of O.G. housewife Jo De La Rosa.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 June 2025
The cast is packed with fellow children of housewives, including Gia Giudice (daughter of New Jersey housewife Teresa Giudice), Ariana Biermann (daughter of Atlanta’s Kim Zolciak-Biermann) and Riley Burruss (daughter of Atlanta’s Kandi Burruss).
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
His father owned a real estate agency that his dad had founded, and his mother, Loretta, was a housewife and longtime volunteer and fund-raiser for Little Company of Mary Hospital.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Smiley appeared on the very first season of RHOC as the fiancé of O.G. housewife Jo De La Rosa.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 June 2025
The cast is packed with fellow children of housewives, including Gia Giudice (daughter of New Jersey housewife Teresa Giudice), Ariana Biermann (daughter of Atlanta’s Kim Zolciak-Biermann) and Riley Burruss (daughter of Atlanta’s Kandi Burruss).
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
His father owned a real estate agency that his dad had founded, and his mother, Loretta, was a housewife and longtime volunteer and fund-raiser for Little Company of Mary Hospital.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Olsen spoke with Fox News Digital about the importance of having people like his wife, Kara, Swift, Claire Kittle and many others also traveling to Nashville for this occasion.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
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While Connor McDavid skates circles around opponents as one of the top players in the National Hockey League, his wife Lauren Kyle McDavid is on a mission to share her style sensibilities in their home market of Edmonton.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Thomas officially began to practice and compete with the women's swimmers in Fall 2021.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2025
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Now, the other women in her village call her a leader.—
TrickleUp,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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