breadwinners
Household income sources
Breadwinners are the members of a household who earn money to support the family.
The term evokes the image of bringing home bread—basic sustenance.
Traditionally applied to fathers in single-income households, it now describes anyone whose earnings are primary: Both parents are breadwinners in most families today.
A sole breadwinner carries the full financial burden.
Those who furnish
- earnersThose who make money
- supportersPeople who back something
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
paycheck · livelihood · sustenance · finances · employment · jobs · working · bills
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
hustle · grind · pressure · stress · burden · resilience · perseverance · determination
Mother and father
- fathersMale parents collectively
- mothersFemale parents collectively
- spousesMarried partners
- partnersJoint venture participants
patriarch · matriarch · caregiver · sacrifice · duty · children · dependents · family
Following long-held customs
- rolesPositions or functions held
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
femininity · equality · stay-at-home · domestic · stereotypes · norms · shifting · modern
providers
Those who furnish
- earnersThose who make money
- supportersPeople who back something
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
salary · paycheck · livelihood · sustenance · finances · employment · jobs · working · bills · expenses
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
overtime · hustle · grind · pressure · stress · burden · resilience · perseverance · determination · survival
parents
Mother and father
partners · patriarch · matriarch · caregiver · sacrifice · duty · children · dependents · family · generations
traditional
Following long-held customs
- rolesPositions or functions held
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
masculinity · femininity · equality · stay-at-home · domestic · stereotypes · norms · shifting · modern · progressive
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, dual income, work-life balance
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- menman, guys, male, blokes, guy
- populacethe masses, common folk, ordinary people, general public, hoi polloi
breadwinnersdependents
People financially supported
dependants · freeloaders · moochers · leeches · spongers
breadwinnersbeneficiaries
Those who receive advantages
recipients · pensioners · retirees · minors · children
- breadwinner roleMain financial supporter position