as in nanny
a person employed to care for a young child or children
a babysitter who is a great favorite with the kids because he's always thinking of fun things to do
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Recent Examples of babysitter
There are English-speaking babysitters, child menus, and the kids’ club welcomes little ones aged three to 12 at its complimentary two-hour daily sessions, keeping them busy with an array of arts, crafts and treasure hunts.
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Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2026
During trial, the babysitter and Debe's stepfather testified that Bob had called them the night Debe went missing, which supports Bob's story.
—Sarah Prior, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
And Sir Otto has assigned her a pipsqueak babysitter who registers his objections via rhetorical questions.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Your babysitter calls in sick, or your day care shuts down, perhaps permanently, and the feeling curdles into existential dread.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But then Ross moved Steve just a little bit closer to the edge, sending everyone's favorite babysitter careening off the desk.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
Our daughters would be at his house with a babysitter.
—Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Under pressure from her adult daughter to move and become a live-in babysitter, 74-year-old Agnes finds agency in an unexpected place.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
The family's babysitter, Mahasti Ameli, agreed with Amie.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2026
During trial, the babysitter and Debe's stepfather testified that Bob had called them the night Debe went missing, which supports Bob's story.
—Sarah Prior, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
And Sir Otto has assigned her a pipsqueak babysitter who registers his objections via rhetorical questions.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Your babysitter calls in sick, or your day care shuts down, perhaps permanently, and the feeling curdles into existential dread.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But then Ross moved Steve just a little bit closer to the edge, sending everyone's favorite babysitter careening off the desk.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
Our daughters would be at his house with a babysitter.
—Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Under pressure from her adult daughter to move and become a live-in babysitter, 74-year-old Agnes finds agency in an unexpected place.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
The family's babysitter, Mahasti Ameli, agreed with Amie.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysitter
Noun
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In Peacock’s All Her Fault, a nanny from a rough background (Sophia Lillis) disappears with her rich employers’ little boy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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My second novel—The Butterfly Man—is based on the disappearance of Lord Lucan in 1974 after the murder of the family nanny.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The head of a medical watchdog group unleashed on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) after a nurse at the school's hospital lost her job over TikTok videos that went viral for all the wrong reasons.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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On Saturday morning, Pretti, an ICU nurse, was killed by a Border Patrol agent while holding his phone to record a chaotic scene.—
Laura Yuen,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Babysitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysitter. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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