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/ˈhaʊshəʊld/ · noun
Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment..
And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
Shih Hung-pi was born a pauper at a poor household in Suichung County, Liaoning. He suffered untold misery in the old society. Then he joined the PLA.
Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.
Nearly half of all renter households in the US were cost-burdened in 2023, meaning they paid more than 30% of their income towards housing costs, according to new government data.
In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.
Whether boarding an airplane with underwear on your face to protest mask requirements, injecting yourself with horse dewormer instead of a safe and effective vaccine or swallowing household disinfectants because the President of the United States unironically suggested that it might help, the pandemic has amplified the frequency and tenor of ridiculous and sometimes alarming behavior.
a household word; a household name
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember with advantages What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
Use household when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Household means Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment..
Common synonyms include ménage, home, domestic, menage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
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