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stay-at-home

stay-at-home

9 4.1
Preferring to be at home rather than go out socially
  • adjective
  • /ˈsteɪ əˌtoʊm/
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  • I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom of three boys and the "coordinator of chaos" in my household.

This is crazy like that stay at home wife life.

Examples

  • Diana does not enjoy the party scene; she prefers to stay at home with her children.

    Academic text (2006)

  • I am a former teacher, current stay-at-home mom, blogging and writing my way to my dream career.

    Blog text (2)

  • Stay well, stay at home, and we'll see you next week.

  • I could just easily just fall off, not do anything, stay at home and just eat ice cream all day.

  • And why should we both stay at home?

    Blended (2014)

  • A mother could actually stay at home and take care of her kids.

    Blog text (21)

  • If you can, please please, please stay at home, stay safe, and wash your hands like crazy.

  • Mom is a lawyer who stays at home with the kids.

    Blog text (25)

  • I'm a stay-at-home mom, I guess.

    Happy Christmas (2014)

  • As a stay-at-home parent, she enjoys teaching her children at home.

Synonyms

reclusive
vsstay-at-home
24 7.4

Tends to live alone and avoid other people

prefers remaining indoors instead of going out to social events

Antonyms

outgoing
46 3.0

Friendly and confident when talking to other people

How Homebound

homebound
1 6.7
reclusive
24 7.4
stay-at-home
9 4.1
sociable
21 1.6

Surface Forms

stay-at-home positive

Morphology

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

The adjectival use simply applies the compound meaning 'preferring to remain at home' to modify a noun, which is directly recoverable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'at' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Stay-at-home as an adjective comes from stay ('remain') plus home ('house'), and it describes someone who prefers the home life rather than going out. That's why we say 'a stay-at-home person' to mean someone who likes staying in.