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 has primarily been a stay-at-home mom and works part time.

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Ryan grew up mostly in Missouri, raised by his father, a military pharmacist, and mother, a nurse and stay-at-home mom.

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He’s the breadwinner and I’m the stay-at-home mom.

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When he was little, stay-at-home mom Melissa Elordi kept an eye on her son by volunteering in his school cafeteria.

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Theresa Ingstrup, 52, a stay-at-home mother from suburban Chicago, said it was the first time in her life that she had protested in public.

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