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
To create the showbiz charade of being a beast in the ring and a nice presentable housewife the rest of the time.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Tamra Judge came with her friend Jo De La Rosa, a former housewife who was dumped by her fiancé Slade Smiley, who for the past decade has been engaged to former housewife Gretchen Rossi, who was sitting at the table, too.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Bibb most recently starred as Kate Bohr, a Texas housewife, in the third season of Mike White’s hit HBO drama series The White Lotus.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Hawley waited until the start of the fifth season to lean all the way into the comparison, by borrowing the movie’s inciting incident where a Minnesota Nice housewife is kidnapped by two goons — one hapless, one relentless and seemingly mystical.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Tamra Judge came with her friend Jo De La Rosa, a former housewife who was dumped by her fiancé Slade Smiley, who for the past decade has been engaged to former housewife Gretchen Rossi, who was sitting at the table, too.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Bibb most recently starred as Kate Bohr, a Texas housewife, in the third season of Mike White’s hit HBO drama series The White Lotus.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Hawley waited until the start of the fifth season to lean all the way into the comparison, by borrowing the movie’s inciting incident where a Minnesota Nice housewife is kidnapped by two goons — one hapless, one relentless and seemingly mystical.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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The White House couple will be greeted by the British monarch and his wife, with royal gun salutes fired at the castle and at the Tower of London.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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And his wife is not happy about it.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kim highlights the strong representation of directors with Busan ties, Asian Film Academy alumni, and Asian women creators.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Trump has also lost ground among women on key issues, especially the economy.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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