as in wife
chiefly US
a person who does work at home and usually does not have another job outside the home
TV commercials often show happy homemakers.
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Recent Examples of homemaker
His father was an accountant for the railway, his mother a homemaker.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
This digital entrepreneurship, often centering a child-rearing homemaker, is obfuscated by stylistic, edited videos.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
His father was a hairdresser and his mother, a homemaker.
—David Moin, WWD, 16 Mar. 2025
Mary was a loving wife, mother, homemaker and partner in the farming operation.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
This digital entrepreneurship, often centering a child-rearing homemaker, is obfuscated by stylistic, edited videos.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
His father was a hairdresser and his mother, a homemaker.
—David Moin, WWD, 16 Mar. 2025
Mary was a loving wife, mother, homemaker and partner in the farming operation.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for homemaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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When my son was going to be born, my then wife had to glue shut some of the pages in this having-a-baby book.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, was an adviser and spokesperson for Musk at DOGE and was among the few top officials who exited with the Tesla CEO.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
31 May 2025
Noun
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And leading that charge is their den mother, a pampered, spoiled Beverly Hills housewife who becomes surprisingly resourceful and inspirational to the troop.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
8 May 2025
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Female Fitness of Kabul is set inside a crumbling Kabul gym, which opens to women for only a few hours each day, Afghan housewives in scarves and long dresses reclaim not just their bodies, but also their spirits, their bonds, and their sense of self.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Kathy Bates plays Dolores, a hardscrabble Maine housekeeper who hasn't seen her estranged daughter, Selena (Jennifer Jason Leigh), in 15 years.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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Before her arrest, Arias-Cristobal was helping her mother, who is a housekeeper, with cleaning in order to make ends meet.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
14 May 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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