Explore Breadwinner through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like earner. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Breadwinner meaning
The primary income-earner in a household.
Synonyms of Breadwinner
Using Breadwinner
- The main meaning on this page is: The primary income-earner in a household.
- Useful related words include: earner, wage earner.
- In the example corpus, breadwinner often appears in combinations such as: the breadwinner, sole breadwinner, breadwinner and.
Context around Breadwinner
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Breadwinner
- In this selection, "breadwinner" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, main, sole, primary and wives stand out and add context to how "breadwinner" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a breadwinner and a and as primary breadwinner i was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "breadwinner" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with breadwinner
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She is the breadwinner in her family. (7 words)
Her partner, who operates tractors, is the main breadwinner for the family. (12 words)
Gurpreet is the sole breadwinner in a family of five, which includes his elderly parents. (15 words)
About nine months ago, she finally started receiving a basic state widow’s pension, but for many years after her husband’s death she struggled as the only breadwinner in the family, earning a fraction of what he had. (39 words)
Even in the healthiest of relationships, dependence can feel awkward when you’re used to being self-sufficient, and it’s worse when people start referring to your partner as the “breadwinner”, as one friend recently experienced. (37 words)
A Sri Lankan couple, along with their 10 children, is desperate to find shelter in Dubai, as the family's breadwinner is yet to find a job because of the pandemic. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
He was the breadwinner; when he wasn’t the breadwinner, there was no change in the attitude.
About nine months ago, she finally started receiving a basic state widow’s pension, but for many years after her husband’s death she struggled as the only breadwinner in the family, earning a fraction of what he had.
After the death of Bhise, who ran a chicken meat shop in the Ramnagar area of Chinchwad, the family lost a breadwinner.
As primary breadwinner I was able to stay in the house in Wales, where I felt I had put down roots.
Even in the healthiest of relationships, dependence can feel awkward when you’re used to being self-sufficient, and it’s worse when people start referring to your partner as the “breadwinner”, as one friend recently experienced.
He told the court she became worried that she would lose her job and the family ruined financially following the Ofsted inspection, as she was the 'main breadwinner'.
So she gently pushes and he eventually confesses that wants to be the breadwinner, and that their changing history has shaken his faith in God’s plan.
A crowdfunding campaign identified him as Matt Ellingboe, 41, who was the breadwinner for his mother, girlfriend and his girlfriend’s three children.
Her partner, who operates tractors, is the main breadwinner for the family.
In my research with Breadwinner Wives, I found a range of lived experiences with sharing household responsibilities.
Nick insisted that there was “nothing wrong” with being “Mariah’s man” and admitted that he grew “comfortable” with her being the breadwinner in the relationship.
The accused person also informed the court that the salary could not sustain his livelihood as a breadwinner and a family man.
A Sri Lankan couple, along with their 10 children, is desperate to find shelter in Dubai, as the family's breadwinner is yet to find a job because of the pandemic.
Gurpreet is the sole breadwinner in a family of five, which includes his elderly parents.
It's an attitude I've stumbled across too often, being my own family's breadwinner.
She is the breadwinner in her family.
Thanta claimed that 80 percent of the women working in the sex industry are mothers or the breadwinner for the entire family.
There are a handful of such women, devoted to shoring up outmoded styles of masculinity, the heroic breadwinner, the strong and bountiful silverback, a model which constrains both men and women.
They'd change their tune if they had a foreign spouse who is the breadwinner.
Visweswara Rao, the sole breadwinner for his family of four, had neglected his diabetes levels and a severely damaged left limb necessitated reconstruction of the pedal arch.
Common combinations with breadwinner
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the breadwinner 16×
- sole breadwinner 8×
- breadwinner and 7×
- breadwinner in 6×
- breadwinner of 5×
- breadwinner for 4×
- main breadwinner 3×
- only breadwinner 2×
- breadwinner as 2×
- as breadwinner 2×