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
That’s certainly what the Holland trailer feels like, putting Nicole Kidman at the center of a paranoid satire about a seemingly picture-perfect Michigan homemaker whose husband (Matthew Macfadyen) is up to … something.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Nicole Kidman sees her life as a perfect teacher and homemaker in Holland, Michigan, unravel in the official trailer for Holland, which dropped on Tuesday.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
Her father Carlos was an OBGYN and her mother was a homemaker.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
The story begins over 100 years ago, in 1923, with homemaker and farmer Cecile Steele of Ocean View, Delaware.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Nicole Kidman sees her life as a perfect teacher and homemaker in Holland, Michigan, unravel in the official trailer for Holland, which dropped on Tuesday.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
Her father Carlos was an OBGYN and her mother was a homemaker.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
The story begins over 100 years ago, in 1923, with homemaker and farmer Cecile Steele of Ocean View, Delaware.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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Bob still drives himself and his wife to the shop every day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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Some individuals have felt the impact of the disruption in funding too. Jason Frey and his wife live in California and own a condo on Maui.—
Chris Arnold,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His father was an accountant who had been a conscientious objector during the Second World War, and his mother was a housewife and strict vegetarian.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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But if Shauna was this awful and domineering and scary in the teen timeline, why has she been treated like a normal housewife by her fellow survivors this whole time?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For example, housekeepers typically don't make as much as janitors.—
Alex Golden,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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Things get serious when one of Tom’s housekeepers is swept up in the military dictatorship.—
Glenn Kenny,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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