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stay-at-home

stay-at-home

48 3.9
A person who rarely goes out and prefers being at home
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪ əˌt hoʊm/
translation icon : persona casera
  • So we have two children and I was a stay at home mom for about almost three years.
  • a stay-at-home mom
  • a stay-at-home mother
  • a stay-at-home parent

Examples

  • I was a stay at home mom for a bunch of years.

  • I'm a stay at home dad and I run an online company.

  • I am a stay at home mom and do everything.

  • I find value in every episode as a stay at home mom of three with very little free time.

  • Ashley was a stay at home mom with five children.

  • I wanted to be a stay at home mom, but that's not how things get planned.

  • Hi, my name is Rachel and I am a stay-at-home mom to three boys.

    Blog text (4)

  • Studies of stay-at-home mothers indicate that when women want to stay home, their experiences can be quite positive.

    Academic text (2002)

  • My name actually is Autumn, and I am a stay-at-home mom of three and an obsessive reader.

    Blog text (3)

  • As a stay-at-home dad, he enjoys taking care of his children and managing the household.

Synonyms

homebody
vsstay-at-home
8 5.5

A person who likes to stay at home rather than go out

is the same idea but written as a hyphenated phrase

Antonyms

traveler
  • US
286 1.0

A person who often goes from place to place

socialite
29 6.7

A person well known in high society who often goes to parties

How Homebound

shut-in
1 8.4
stay-at-home
48 3.9
homebody
8 5.5
socialite
29 6.7

Surface Forms

stay-at-home singular
stay-at-homes plural

Morphology

stay-at-home = stay + home (transparent) = at + stay + home

The phrase 'stay' + 'at' + 'home' straightforwardly yields 'someone who stays at home', so meaning is directly recoverable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'at' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Stay-at-home comes from the simple pieces stay ('remain') and home ('house'), so it names a person who prefers to stay at home instead of going out. Think of someone who likes reading on the sofa — that person is a stay-at-home.