housewifenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhaʊs.waɪf/us/ˈhaʊs.waɪf/plural housewivesA2 a woman whose work is inside the home, doing the cleaning, cooking, etc., and who usually does not have any other job
Examples
- She's not the type of person to stay at home and be a housewife.
- A group of housewives stood chatting outside the butcher's shop.
- All of these modern appliances undoubtedly make life easier for today's housewife.
- After her degree and an impressive early career, she felt angry that he described her as a housewife.
- Molly had only ever dreamed of being a mother and a housewife, and she took great pride in that role.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Kinds of women
- a damsel in distress idiom
- adult
- amazon
- auntie
- bachelorette
- cougar
- councilwoman
- dame
- damsel
- dolly bird
- homemaker
- ingénue
- Jezebel
- ladette
- Lady Muck
- slattern
- temptress
- tigress
- wallflower
- wench
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housewifely
adjective uk/ˈhaʊs.waɪf.li/us/ˈhaʊs.waɪf.li/