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
Reed also starred in many other films, pigeon-holed as the innocent housewife.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Development • Dirty Hands (Lebanon/Qatar) by Georges Hazim and Maya Dagher, a dark comedy, about four desperate housewives who jump at the chance to make some quick cash.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
More than half a century ago, as the writer Jelani Cobb recently noted, activist Viola Liuzzo, a housewife and mother of five, left her family in Detroit and headed south to join the march to Montgomery, and in the process left the privileges of white ladyhood behind.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Davis, as housewife Thelma Dickinson, rides off into the sunset (and off a cliff) and shares a kiss with Sarandon's Louise in a legendary cinematic shot.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Development • Dirty Hands (Lebanon/Qatar) by Georges Hazim and Maya Dagher, a dark comedy, about four desperate housewives who jump at the chance to make some quick cash.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
More than half a century ago, as the writer Jelani Cobb recently noted, activist Viola Liuzzo, a housewife and mother of five, left her family in Detroit and headed south to join the march to Montgomery, and in the process left the privileges of white ladyhood behind.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Davis, as housewife Thelma Dickinson, rides off into the sunset (and off a cliff) and shares a kiss with Sarandon's Louise in a legendary cinematic shot.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Plath, the deserted wife of fellow poet Ted Hughes, mother of two young children, died by suicide at age 30, leaving behind a collection of poems that anatomized her mental descent in scorching language that secured a permanent place in American letters.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Take Woody Allen’s wife Soon-Yi Previn, who messages Epstein about a pal with a jewellery business.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While individual risk factors vary, the average risk of developing colorectal cancer over one's lifetime is about 1 in 24 for men and about 1 in 26 for women, per the American Cancer Society.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Depending on the severity, menopause symptoms can affect a woman’s quality of life.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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