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housewife Definition

house·wife (ho̵us′wīf′; for 2, usually huz′if)

noun pl. -·wives′-wīvz′; for 2, usually huz′ivz

  1. a woman, esp. a married woman, whose principal occupation is managing a household and taking care of domestic affairs
  2. a small sewing kit

Etymology: ME houswif, huswif

housewife Synonyms

housewife

n.

wife, mistress of the house, lady of the house, housekeeper, mother to one's children, Hausfrau (German), mater familias (Latin), home economist, home engineer, homemaker, mistress of a family, family manager, wife and mother, chief cook and bottlewasher*; see also wife.

housewife Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: A quirky drama about a thief who cons her way to becoming a housewife to avoid arrest.
  • play: I say this simply because she is entitled to express herself as a woman by playing the housewife completely.
  • make: M ince pies were always a traditional Christmas treat so housewives made do and improvised.
  • say: They want to bring the Arabs to their knees, " said 50-year-old Egyptian housewife Samia.
  • have: Popular Articles ' Have the Housewives read too much Camus?

Adjective modifier

  • bored: Whether you are a single mom, divorced dad or just a bored housewife, you will find a date.
  • suburban: Susan Henshaw is a suburban housewife heavily involved in the local PTA.
  • desperate: To me she looks like a desperate housewife in need of a decent meal.
  • middle-aged: One minute she was a middle-aged Jewish housewife from New Jersey, the next she was the female gender's answer to George Goldner.
  • middle-class: There's nothing worse than having a lot of middle-class housewives looking down at you for working.
  • ordinary: He could have been any ordinary laborer, she any ordinary housewife.

Modifies a noun

  • audience: Radio allows the advertiser to build high levels of frequency against the housewife audience, an exercise which would be extremely expensive on TV.
  • choice: You're becoming a bit of a housewives choice I think ( watch out Ian McIntosh!

Noun used with modifier

  • desperate: You can have ' Desperate Housewife ' or choose your own slogan or name.
  • class: For example, a middle class housewife whose husband uses the car during the day would probably need to be included 7.12.

Possessives

  • favorite: Our students tell us that he is the housewives ' favorite in China.
  • choice: Housewives ' Choice by Brendan Murray Toured: June July 2005 A co-production with Forest Forge Theater Company in association with Ithaca.

Preposition: with

  • child: Four audiences have been examined: all adults, ABC1 adults, 15-34 adults, housewives with children.
  • kid: Five Life will be a women's lifestyle channel aimed at housewives with kids, similar to Flextech's pay-TV channel, Living.