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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Jose Menendez was a wealthy 45-year-old entertainment executive, while 47-year-old Kitty Menendez was a homemaker.
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John Kapetaneas, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
The Honeywell kitchen computer, which débuted in the late sixties, was a paper-tape-reading meal-planning system that required the homemaker to code.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
But the company's lasting impact is credited to Brownie Wise, who convinced Tupper to sell his work at parties, oversaw their runaway success and became the first woman on the cover of Business Week for enabling generations of homemakers to see themselves as saleswomen.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
Besides her homemaker videos, Nara has attracted controversy for being a young mother.
—Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
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John Kapetaneas, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
The Honeywell kitchen computer, which débuted in the late sixties, was a paper-tape-reading meal-planning system that required the homemaker to code.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
But the company's lasting impact is credited to Brownie Wise, who convinced Tupper to sell his work at parties, oversaw their runaway success and became the first woman on the cover of Business Week for enabling generations of homemakers to see themselves as saleswomen.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
Besides her homemaker videos, Nara has attracted controversy for being a young mother.
—Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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Who helped Charles understand his wife’s final moments?Alice Burton, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Linda Whitaker, wife of incumbent Bruce Whitaker, who termed out of the District 4 seat, is in third place.Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024
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What Allegedly Happened To Linda Napolitano? Linda Napolitano, a NYC housewife and stay-at-home mom, said that on the night of Nov. 30, 1989, three extraterrestrial beings kidnapped her outside her 12th-floor downtown apartment.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Hanks plays a struggling stand-up comedian who comes across a housewife (Sally Field) trying out on open-mic nights who turns out to be pretty good.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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Others believed former school teacher John Mark Karr, who confessed to the 1996 strangulation in 2006, as a prime suspect; the family housekeeper Linda Hoffman-Pugh; or the town’s Santa Claus Bill McReynolds as the potential killer.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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For an additional fee, premium services are available, including a private chef, butler, two housekeepers, and a chauffeur.Everett Potter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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