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
And Sir Otto has assigned her a pipsqueak babysitter who registers his objections via rhetorical questions.
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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
Having no cool aunt of my own and no elder sisters, just teenage babysitters and camp counselors (each with their own unique but tenuous grasp on anatomy and reproductive science), the book felt warm, inviting, and—perhaps most important to my terrified, bleeding, self—safe.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Schimpf says this will help grandparents and babysitters be able to refer to rules for safe sleep at all times.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
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
Having no cool aunt of my own and no elder sisters, just teenage babysitters and camp counselors (each with their own unique but tenuous grasp on anatomy and reproductive science), the book felt warm, inviting, and—perhaps most important to my terrified, bleeding, self—safe.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Schimpf says this will help grandparents and babysitters be able to refer to rules for safe sleep at all times.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysitter
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Fran Fine is an irreplaceable beauty icon, what with her voluminous, backcombed bouffants, headbands, and lipstick, and Kardashian absolutely channeled the titular nanny for her recent visit to sister Khloé's podcast Khloé in Wonderland.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Other figures named in the witness statement included former royal equerry Mark Dyer, Harry’s former private secretary Helen Asprey, and Tiggy Legge-Bourke, who served as a nanny to William and Harry during their childhood.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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This is the first time in history that nurses and advanced practitioners are negotiating a first contract with UPMC.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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In April 2007, the former nurse was convicted of first-degree murder as well as possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose or perjury, Attorney General Stuart Rabner announced.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Babysitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysitter. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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