1. The mistress of a family; a female domestic manager; a little case for articles of female work, pronounced huzzif.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• housewifey,
• housewifes,
• houswifes,
• houseware,
• housewive,
• houswife,
• hosewife,
• gousewife,
• bousewife,
• nousewife,
• jousewife,
• houssewife,
• houeswife,
• housewief,
• housewifee,
• housewvie,
• housewiev,
• housewiferie,
• morewifeleess,
• houseize

• housewives.

The adjective form of the word "housewife" is "homemaking" or "domestic".

The plural of the "housewife" can be the "housewives".

The singular of the "housewife" can be the "housewife".