How do you pronounce housewife?

housewife is pronounced as /ˈhaʊswaɪf/.

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housewife

🏠housewife

noun

/ˈhaʊswaɪf/

household housing

Meaning

a married woman who manages a household and whose main occupation is caring for her family and home

Example Sentences

She chose to work as a housewife while raising her children.

Synonyms

homemaker, stay-at-home wife, domestic manager, homemaker woman

Antonyms

career woman, working woman

Collocations

traditional housewife, full-time housewife, become a housewife, role of a housewife

More Example Sentences

My mother is an ideal housewife of fifty.

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