Meanings
nounhousehusband (plural househusbands)
plural househusbands · alternative house husband · alternative house-husband
- A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”
2022 May 11, Alexandra Alter, quoting Kim Stanley Robinson, “A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
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Origin
From house + husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan amo de casa
- amo de casahusband who remains in the homestead
Chinese Mandarin 家庭主夫
- 家庭主夫 (jiātíng zhǔfū)husband who remains in the homestead
Czech muž v domácnosti
- muž v domácnostihusband who remains in the homestead
Danish husfar
- husfarhusband who remains in the homestead
Dutch huisman
- huismanhusband who remains in the homestead
Estonian kodune mees
- kodune meeshusband who remains in the homestead
Finnish koti-isä
- koti-isähusband who remains in the homestead
French homme au foyer, ménager
- homme au foyerhusband who remains in the homestead
- ménagerhusband who remains in the homestead
German Hausmann
- Hausmannhusband who remains in the homestead
Greek νοικοκύρης
- νοικοκύρης (noikokýris)husband who remains in the homestead
Icelandic húsfaðir, húsmaður
- húsfaðirhusband who remains in the homestead
- húsmaðurhusband who remains in the homestead
Italian uomo di casa, casalingo
- uomo di casahusband who remains in the homestead
- casalingohusband who remains in the homestead
Japanese 主夫
- 主夫 (shufu)husband who remains in the homestead
Polish gospodarz, gospodarz domu
- gospodarzhusband who remains in the homestead
- gospodarz domuhusband who remains in the homestead
Portuguese dono de casa
- dono de casahusband who remains in the homestead
Romanian bărbat casnic, casnic
- bărbat casnichusband who remains in the homestead
- casnichusband who remains in the homestead
Russian домохозя́ин
- домохозя́ин (domoxozjáin)husband who remains in the homestead
Slovak muž v domácnosti
- muž v domácnostihusband who remains in the homestead
Spanish amo de casa
- amo de casahusband who remains in the homestead
Swedish hemmaman
- hemmamanhusband who remains in the homestead
Thai พ่อบ้าน
- พ่อบ้าน (pòo bâan)husband who remains in the homestead
Turkish ev adamı, ev erkeği
- ev adamıhusband who remains in the homestead
- ev erkeğihusband who remains in the homestead
Welsh gŵr o dŷ
- gŵr o dŷhusband who remains in the homestead
Cite this entry
APA
househusband. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/househusband
MLA
“househusband.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/househusband. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “househusband,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/househusband.
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