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
Spending 34 years as a housewife — all of it in Bayport — was a fantastic learning experience for me.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
The work which introduced her signature figure, Welsh housewife Beryl, on a trip to see a male stripper, won the Special Jury Prize.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 June 2025
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.
—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
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
The work which introduced her signature figure, Welsh housewife Beryl, on a trip to see a male stripper, won the Special Jury Prize.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 June 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Adam, his wife and their four young daughters were on the field June 24 for a pregame check-presentation ceremony.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Back in 2023, Cameron's parents, Victor and Libby Boyce, opened up about their son on Taylor Lautner and his wife Tay Lautner's The Squeeze podcast.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
7 July 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 13 Jul. 2025.
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