breadwinner

Noun

Meaning

one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

prentice workman hand help assistant labor agent operator affair servant employee provider apprentice operative artisan
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Antonyms

president emmet general director governor manager
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Hypernyms

earner wage earner

Related terms

daily bread breadwinning put bread on the table

Phrases with the word

family breadwinner

Examples

I am a single mom and I'm the breadwinner and I have to work and I have to do these things and that's just the way it is. I don't think my son even knows any different. Charisma Carpenter

The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children. Thomas Perez

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic. Barbara Ehrenreich

In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner. Ezra Taft Benson

If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.' Barbara Tuchman

Divorce can be tough when the woman is the breadwinner. But the Lord can make the dark light. Betty Wright

Close letter words and terms

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