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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 housewives
The only way that such a minor joke would set a fiancée off is if her engagement was already in a delicate place, and that is none of the housewives’ jobs to fix.
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Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Emily mumbled a weak excuse when the real answer is simply that all of the housewives stir up trouble for each other by gossiping and sniping behind each other’s backs.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The crux of the cast was assembled around Marks’ friend group in New York City — not the idea of a show with the offspring of housewives.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
The new series assembles 10 housewives from across the continent for what producers are calling a celebration of Pan-African sisterhood and glamor.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Saint John wasn't the first to speak about this condition, as housewives from New York, Potomac and Atlanta also have shared their journeys through the years.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Finding and renting a desirable apartment in New York today requires such concessions of conscience, income, and pride that surgeons have postponed operations, housewives have gone back to work, hippies have cut their hair, and families have destroyed their pets.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
The Netflix series follows housewives in East Texas who welcome in a newcomer from Boston.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Emily mumbled a weak excuse when the real answer is simply that all of the housewives stir up trouble for each other by gossiping and sniping behind each other’s backs.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The crux of the cast was assembled around Marks’ friend group in New York City — not the idea of a show with the offspring of housewives.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
The new series assembles 10 housewives from across the continent for what producers are calling a celebration of Pan-African sisterhood and glamor.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Saint John wasn't the first to speak about this condition, as housewives from New York, Potomac and Atlanta also have shared their journeys through the years.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Finding and renting a desirable apartment in New York today requires such concessions of conscience, income, and pride that surgeons have postponed operations, housewives have gone back to work, hippies have cut their hair, and families have destroyed their pets.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
The Netflix series follows housewives in East Texas who welcome in a newcomer from Boston.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewives
Noun
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Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Brown welcomed a total of 18 children during his time in a plural marriage with his three former wives — Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown, who split from Kody in 2021 and 2022 — and current wife Robyn Brown.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Crown and dignity Catalina Ruiz Navarro, a Colombian feminist activist and journalist based in Mexico City, argued that the nature of beauty pageants like Miss Universe places women in a patriarchal position.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Since then, additional women have come forward with accusations against the comedian.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Around him sat ten women—all of them homemakers and nurses—and one seven-year-old girl.—
Joshua Sharpe
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Housewives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewives. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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