stay-at-home

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stay-at-home
Noun
  • So has the doll, tucked inside the confines of marital bliss and domesticity, tethered to the expectations of wife, mother, homemaker.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • But while economists track numbers that show the rise and fall of seniors or health workers around the state, Elizabeth Ramirez, a 58-year-old Ontario homemaker who takes care of her 90-year-old mother-in-law, focuses on just one number that matters a lot to her and her family: $14.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Richard Simmons' longtime housekeeper and companion Teresa Reveles is speaking out about the late fitness guru's final years.
    Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • Not that Davidtz excludes herself from the racist mindset that’s evident in Bobo, who enjoys spending time with her family’s housekeeper, Sarah (Zikhona Bali), despite treating her as beneath her.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • This push into traditional housewife and breadwinner roles came after many women had been working outside the home during the war in jobs usually held by men.
    Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2025
  • The housewife whose life goes south is kind of a specialty of yours, in Days of Wine and Roses, in The Bridges of Madison County, in The Hours.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 June 2025
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
Noun
  • The German actress could draft off her own Lead Actress campaign to score two nominations in the same year — a feat last pulled off by Scarlett Johansson, who in a weird bit of Oscar symmetry also got her Supporting nod for playing a German hausfrau in World War II.
    Vulture, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • Adam, his wife and their four young daughters were on the field June 24 for a pregame check-presentation ceremony.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • The suite was named in tribute to Augustine Figeac, wife of Printemps founder Jules Jaluzot.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Jessica Alba appears to be enjoying her summer after filing for divorce from her estranged husband, Cash Warren.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025
  • At some point, House shot Jerry Gumm, the pastor, as well as Combs' husband, Randy, the family said.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 14 July 2025
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stay-at-home. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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