home economist

Household management expert

A home economist is a professional trained in domestic science—the management of household resources including nutrition, food preparation, budgeting, and consumer choices.

The field emerged in the early twentieth century to apply scientific principles to homemaking.

Home economists have worked in education, government extension services, and corporate test kitchens: The home economist developed recipes for the back of the box.

Opposites
professional domain

home economistchef

Professional kitchen leader

executive chef · caterer · food service worker · line cook · pastry chef

approach to domesticity

home economistspendthrift

Reckless with money

wastrel · gourmet · epicure · gourmand · profligate

Family

home, homes, homed, homing, homely, homeless, homeward, homework, homeland

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Rated G