home economics

See more synonyms for home economics on Thesaurus.com

noun

the art and science of home management.
a college curriculum usually including studies in nutrition, the purchase, preparation, and service of food, interior design, clothing and textiles, child development, family relationships, and household economics.

Origin of home economics

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Related formshome economist, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for home economics

Historical Examples of home economics

Such centers in home-economics laboratories have been appropriately called appreciation centers.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home
Federal Board for Vocational Education
The home-economics laboratory offers an opportunity for centers in which interesting and artistic groupings may be arranged.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home
Federal Board for Vocational Education
In some schools, the separate cottage is used to house the home-economics department.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home
Federal Board for Vocational Education
Home-economics women of Berkeley, California, aided in collecting and making over old clothing.
Our Schools in War Time—and After
Arthur Davis Dean

British Dictionary definitions for home economics

home economics

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) the study of diet, budgeting, child care, textiles, and other subjects concerned with running a home

Derived Formshome economist, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012