breadwinning
Supporting the family
Breadwinning is the activity of earning money to support a household.
The term casts wage-earning as providing bread—basic sustenance—for one's family.
It appears as both adjective and noun: her breadwinning responsibilities, years of breadwinning took their toll.
The related noun breadwinner denotes the person who fills this role.
Paid occupation status
- jobPaid position of employment
- workEffort toward a goal
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- occupationOne's regular paid work
profession · vocation · toil · grind · hustle · trade · craft · shift
Fixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- earningsMoney gained from work
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
compensation · remuneration · revenue · profit · stipend · bonus · pension · benefits
One making money
- supporterOne who backs another
- providerOne who furnishes things
- contributorOne who provides something
- patriarchMale head of family
matriarch · caregiver · dependent · family · household · responsibility · obligation · sacrifice
employment
Paid occupation status
occupation · profession · vocation · toil · grind · hustle · trade · craft · shift · hours
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
livelihood · compensation · remuneration · revenue · profit · stipend · bonus · pension · benefits · allowance
earner
One making money
- supporterOne who backs another
- providerOne who furnishes things
- contributorOne who provides something
patriarch · matriarch · caregiver · dependent · family · household · responsibility · obligation · sacrifice · burden
- family dutiescaregiving, childcare, elder care, parenting, family support
- household dutieshousework, cleaning, laundry, cooking, dishes
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
- masculinitymanhood, machismo, masculinity, manliness, alpha male
breadwinningeconomic dependency
Relying on external support
dependency · dependence · mooching · freeloading · sponging
breadwinninghomemaking
Managing domestic life
housekeeping · caregiving · child-rearing · domestic work · staying home