as in nurse
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
His vice president said the trip was not about being a babysitter.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
The performances are across-the-board exceptional — including Stavros Halkias as a cop who was a babysitter of Teddy’s.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Another person said that OP is a babysitter, not a maid, and shouldn't be made to do the mom's chores.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Did Ed Gein kill babysitter Evelyn Hartley?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
On top of that, Jones says their tribe includes their families and an amazing babysitter.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Her babysitter is on his third or fourth double whiskey.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The families would go to fundraisers and other events together, and all of their children came along, because nobody had babysitters.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
The performances are across-the-board exceptional — including Stavros Halkias as a cop who was a babysitter of Teddy’s.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Another person said that OP is a babysitter, not a maid, and shouldn't be made to do the mom's chores.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Did Ed Gein kill babysitter Evelyn Hartley?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
On top of that, Jones says their tribe includes their families and an amazing babysitter.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Her babysitter is on his third or fourth double whiskey.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The families would go to fundraisers and other events together, and all of their children came along, because nobody had babysitters.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysitter
Noun
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Charlie had originally been adopted by a traveling nurse, but Mae had lost touch soon after.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rebecca De Mornay played Peyton Flanders, the Bartel family’s calculating nanny.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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From thrillers with missing kids and an unhinged nanny to a movie about a nuclear attack, streaming services are doing their darndest to rattle your nerves.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Villarreal, his team were ahead going into stoppage time and could have been further in front had Jonathan David not missed a sitter.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Or share the course with family members, even the dog walker or sitter, so everyone is up to speed and on the same page.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Babysitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysitter. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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