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
Nina is a glamorous but unstable housewife who initially seems charming and generous before revealing a volatile, manipulative side.
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Her father, Hugo, was a postal clerk and her mother, Hillevi, a housewife.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
The leader of the Seekers was Dorothy Martin, a fifty-four-year-old housewife who dabbled in occult and Scientology circles.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
The film centers on Smita, a small-town housewife whose seemingly ordinary life unravels into a narrative exploring infidelity, deceit and moral ambiguity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Her father, Hugo, was a postal clerk and her mother, Hillevi, a housewife.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
The leader of the Seekers was Dorothy Martin, a fifty-four-year-old housewife who dabbled in occult and Scientology circles.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
The film centers on Smita, a small-town housewife whose seemingly ordinary life unravels into a narrative exploring infidelity, deceit and moral ambiguity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housewife
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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In court Monday, attorneys for both Maduro and his wife requested that health and medical issues be attended to for their clients.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pratt and his wife, fellow Hills alum Heidi Montag, lost their home in the Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 structures last January.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Irvine police are searching for a woman who left a Bible on an Irvine resident's doorstep after stealing a person's package last month.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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French revealed that several weeks into Short’s stay, two men and a woman came to the home looking for her.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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