homemaker

American  

[hohm-mey-ker] / ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kər /

noun

• homemakers
  plural

1. a person who manages the household of their own family, especially as a principal occupation.

2. a person employed to manage a household and do household chores for others, as for the sick or elderly.

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homemaker British  

/ ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person, esp a housewife, who manages a home

2. a social worker who manages a household during the incapacity of the housewife

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Sensitive Note

See housewife.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• homemaking
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• homemakers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of homemaker

First recorded in 1885–90; home + maker

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

homemaker homemakers

There’s an additional slathering of irony in Garner, the woman behind “Alias” superspy Sydney Bristow, playing the happy homemaker.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

A 29-year-old homemaker in the Houthi-held city of Hodeida, where rebel media said the plane had landed, said she was worried more conflict lay ahead, "without producing any results, just making the current crises worse".

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, to homemaker Elsie and coal miner Glyndwr, and was one of seven children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Bhojwani, a homemaker in western Udaipur city, says she first got hooked on micro-dramas when an ad popped up on her Instagram feed.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Mr. Pignati had some sauce left in the refrigerator, and there were three packages of number nine vermicelli, so I decided to let the little homemaker go ahead with it.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Now, the Express says he "must rule out" new builds on green belt land "or face the fury of campaigners and homemakers".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Cooking shows in the U.S. date to the 1920s when Betty Crocker, a fictional character created by Washburn-Crosby, the predecessor of General Mills, provided practical cooking instruction to American homemakers on the radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

His workbook from 1945 showed homemakers and D.I.Y. types how to impose whimsy on their own lives and furniture via upcycling.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

Thus, the shift in the aesthetics of play kitchens may, at least in part, point to the growing pressure some homemakers feel to turn their own kitchens into a trophy of domestic achievement.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023

She had seen an arrangement of driftwood and dried seaweed in the homemakers section of the newspaper.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison