stay-at-home

noun

Definition of stay-at-homenext
as in homemaker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stay-at-home
  1. housewife
  2. homemaker
  3. housekeeper
  4. househusband
  5. hausfrau
  6. wife
  7. husband
Noun
  • Moore plays a shy housewife whose small role in a community theater production transforms her into an obsessive method actor.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After a two-year hiatus, RHONJ will return for its 15th season, starring housewives Gorga, Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of housewife
Noun
  • As Stewart herself has suggested, including in a recent People magazine interview, the wife of Prince Harry has not yet elevated herself in the professional homemaker space.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her father, Frank, was a musician, and her mother, Ivy, a homemaker.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of homemaker
Noun
  • The actor said a housekeeper told his family that ‘God spoke to’ her about his trajectory.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The former California governor also shares youngest son Joseph Baena, 28, with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • Cohen wasn't present for the viewing, sources told PEOPLE, nor were the househusbands (both are staples at RHONJ reunions).
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • The househusbands, who are a staple at the RHONJ reunion, were not in attendance, insiders tell PEOPLE.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
Definition of househusband
Noun
  • Deborah Greenspan, an energetic hausfrau whose principal cause is resettling immigrants, has decided to host an inventive, and obnoxious, dinner party.
    — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • Harry's alter ego is a dull breadwinner who, like most male suburbanites, bores his hausfrau (Jamie Lee Curtis) with the minutiae of his drab job.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019
Definition of hausfrau
Noun
  • In the second-season finale, some time after Aemond had killed Rhaenyra’s son Luke, Alicent arrives in secret to Dragonstone to barter Aegon’s life in exchange for peace, and safety in particular for her daughter (and Aegon’s wife) Helaena.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Then Green, his wife and Beloozerov spent the next several days planning their trip and eating meals Beloozerov paid for in cash pulled from a pouch around his neck stocked with $100, $50 and $2 bills.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of wife
Noun
  • Panthea then gets angry at Karen, saying that Karen is jealous of her and her relationship with her husband.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The general managers described Garcia as Sanchez’s husband and as a hardworking, dedicated family man who supported not only his family in New York but also back in his home country, Colombia.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of husband
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