stay-at-home

[stey-uht-hohm]

adjective

1. not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.

2. of or relating to time spent at home.

   a stay-at-home evening.

noun

1. a person who stays at home a good deal; a person not inclined to travel; homebody.

stay-at-home

adjective

1. (of a person) enjoying a quiet, settled, and unadventurous use of leisure

noun

1. a stay-at-home person

2. a person who does not bother to vote in a political election

Word History and Origins

Origin of stay-at-home¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

She supported equal rights and opportunities for women—but resented suggestions that stay-at-home moms were wasting their lives.

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“For my husband in particular, he didn’t want to be a stay-at-home dad.”

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After dropping out of college in 2001, he spent the next couple of decades in a potpourri of roles: produce-company account manager, stay-at-home dad, podcast host, manager of an Outback Steakhouse.

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That group has replaced the 2024 stay-at-home Democrats as the turnout target.

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John was a stay-at-home parent when his two daughters - now 16 and 12 - were younger, and said some parents he'd spoken to felt too uncomfortable to talk to their kids about periods.

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