as in wife
a married woman in charge of a household
She was career-minded and never intended to be a 1950s style housewife.
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Recent Examples of housewife
The new series assembles 10 housewives from across the continent for what producers are calling a celebration of Pan-African sisterhood and glamor.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
The episode wraps with the second of two housewives fundraisers.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
In other words, the vast majority of those who’ve come in contact with Pynchon’s work are college graduates who enter through Oedipa Maas, a California housewife turned counterculture detective.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
That trio includes its writer Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman), 1950s housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) and present-day New Yorker Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep).
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
The episode wraps with the second of two housewives fundraisers.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
In other words, the vast majority of those who’ve come in contact with Pynchon’s work are college graduates who enter through Oedipa Maas, a California housewife turned counterculture detective.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
That trio includes its writer Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman), 1950s housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) and present-day New Yorker Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep).
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Alex was charged with the murders of his wife and son in July 2022 and was found guilty in March 2023.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In a nutshell, the Trojan prince Paris sails to Sparta to capture Helen, the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta, Menelaus.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite the backlash, the woman stands firm in her decision.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, offers food benefits, breastfeeding services and nutrition education to 65,000 Arkansas women, infants and children younger than five.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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