Synonyms for housewife
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf or, usu., ˈhʌz ɪf for 2 ; -ˌwaɪvz or, usu., -ɪfs or -ɪvz for 2house·wife

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1. housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the housenoun

   a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

   Synonyms:
   woman of the house, lady of the house, homemaker

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1. housewifenoun

   Synonyms:
   mistress of a family

2. housewifenoun

   Synonyms:
   huswife, female economist, thrifty woman

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1. List of paraphrases for "housewife":

   homemaker, housewives, housekeeper

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1. Marilyn Monroe:

   I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

2. Nazma Khatun:

   After I got married, I stayed at home as a housewife, now I am teaching in this school alongside pursuing my graduate studies.

3. Moe Vela:

   We thought there was inequity on the investor side, the average person around the world side -- the middle-class worker, the housewife, the grad student ; all of these people who never had access to the opportunity to create wealth through the investment ecosystem -- and then on the company side.

4. Michael Rapaport:

   I consider Bethenny Frankel to be the greatest' Housewife.' I equate her as the Michael Jordan of' Housewives' because of The New Edition Story, The New Edition Story that she left the show in her prime and was bigger, stronger and more powerful than ever.

5. Phyllis Mcginley:

   To be a housewife is ... a difficult, a wrenching, sometimes an ungrateful job if it is looked on only as a job. Regarded as a profession, it is the noblest as it is the most ancient of the catalogue. Let none persuade us differently or the world is lost indeed.