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
Parker Posey is especially good as a homemaker, Violet Ratliff, who arrives with a cache of tranquilizers—these are soon being pilfered and swallowed by her husband, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a businessman about to be exposed for fraud.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The story of Yeong-hye, a part-time graphic artist and homemaker, whose decision to stop eating meat leads to mental health struggles and problems in her familial life, was adapted as a feature film by Woo-Seong Lim and screened at Sundance in 2010.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
But the postwar manufacturing boom presented American homemakers with a dilemma.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
In the 1930s and ’40s, Kraft began marketing Velveeta successfully, if rather dubiously, as a health food and diet aid, and its low price and convenience—beloved by kids, shelf-stable, melts like a dream—charmed America’s homemakers throughout the suburban ’60s and beyond.
—David Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The story of Yeong-hye, a part-time graphic artist and homemaker, whose decision to stop eating meat leads to mental health struggles and problems in her familial life, was adapted as a feature film by Woo-Seong Lim and screened at Sundance in 2010.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
But the postwar manufacturing boom presented American homemakers with a dilemma.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
In the 1930s and ’40s, Kraft began marketing Velveeta successfully, if rather dubiously, as a health food and diet aid, and its low price and convenience—beloved by kids, shelf-stable, melts like a dream—charmed America’s homemakers throughout the suburban ’60s and beyond.
—David Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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As the story begins, James goes missing, and his wife, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), begs John to help find him—by impersonating him.—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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And on that basis, The Baldwins on TLC, which peers into the life of Alec, his second wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and their seven children, is undeniably addictive and sometimes perversely successful — but, for a whole host of reasons, hateful all the same.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If this newer wave of housewives tries very hard to bring the drama for the cameras, Luann always tried—and failed spectacularly—to contain it, which has only worked to bolster her camp appeal.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
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Bravo has navigated past scandals involving housewives facing legal issues, but Huger’s case stands out due to the severity of the sentence.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Predator star shares three other children — Katherine, Christina and Christopher — with his ex-wife, and one son, Joseph Baena, with his former housekeeper, Mildred Baena.—
Alexandra Hurtado,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Mata’s parents worked as a gardener and a housekeeper.—
Daisy Verduzco Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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