bread winner
Household income source
A breadwinner is the person whose income supports a household—the one who earns the bread.
Traditionally applied to fathers as sole providers, the term now describes anyone whose earnings sustain a family: She's the primary breadwinner since her husband went back to school.
Also spelled as one word: breadwinner.
- providerOne who furnishes things
- earnerOne making money
- bringing home the baconEarning the family's livelihood
- supporterOne who backs another
- paycheckCompensation for labor
income · salary · paycheck to paycheck · household · family · working parent · job · work · husband · father · wage · livelihood · sustainer · employment · nine to five · career · bills · mortgage
- food idiomspiece of cake, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg, apples and oranges
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- prosperitywealth, riches, fortune, success, abundance
- expressions about providinggive and take, hand over, dish out, dole out, hand out
economic role in household
bread winnerdependent
Requiring outside support
dependant · homemaker · stay-at-home parent · stay-at-home mom · housewife
bread, winner, breads, breaded, breading, breadcrumb, wins, winning, winnings