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
Reed also starred in many other films, pigeon-holed as the innocent housewife.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Development • Dirty Hands (Lebanon/Qatar) by Georges Hazim and Maya Dagher, a dark comedy, about four desperate housewives who jump at the chance to make some quick cash.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
More than half a century ago, as the writer Jelani Cobb recently noted, activist Viola Liuzzo, a housewife and mother of five, left her family in Detroit and headed south to join the march to Montgomery, and in the process left the privileges of white ladyhood behind.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Davis, as housewife Thelma Dickinson, rides off into the sunset (and off a cliff) and shares a kiss with Sarandon's Louise in a legendary cinematic shot.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Development • Dirty Hands (Lebanon/Qatar) by Georges Hazim and Maya Dagher, a dark comedy, about four desperate housewives who jump at the chance to make some quick cash.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
More than half a century ago, as the writer Jelani Cobb recently noted, activist Viola Liuzzo, a housewife and mother of five, left her family in Detroit and headed south to join the march to Montgomery, and in the process left the privileges of white ladyhood behind.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Davis, as housewife Thelma Dickinson, rides off into the sunset (and off a cliff) and shares a kiss with Sarandon's Louise in a legendary cinematic shot.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Olympic figure skating legend Dorothy Hamill, 69, and her husband, John MacColl, happened to be seated directly behind Danback and his wife and daughter.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Arnold is survived by his wife, Jennifer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In 2021, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published a study that said transgender women maintain an advantage over biological women even after a year of hormone therapy treatment.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Among the Palestinians killed Wednesday were at least five children, seven women and an on-duty paramedic, according to hospital officials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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