Synonyms for housewife
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
Related words
- Word family
- housewifedom housewifehood housewifely housewifery housewifeship housewifey housewifish
- Phrases
- sailor's housewife
- Is a kind of
- homemaker
- Other spellings
- housewive
Forms
- Plural
- housewifes → homemakers, hussies, henhussies…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| housewife | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- hussy2
- 8 letters
- henhussy
- 9 letters
- homemaker3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hussy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- femme au foyer
- Deutsch
- Hausfrau