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
Her old babysitter, Liz, gave it to us, and my daughter always wants to play it.
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
Or the babysitter bails last minute.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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
Marah Eakin, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
Or the babysitter bails last minute.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysitter
Noun
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There’s also tax relief for taxpayers who pay for child care — day care, a nanny, preschool or summer camp.—
Sarah Moreno
February 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Caring for Iris and her infant brother Peter instead is a robot nanny named Mikki (whose voice combines Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo’s voices, since the actors also play Iris’ parents).—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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This hits nurses, teachers, drivers, and manual laborers hardest — people who work on their feet and whose bodies are their livelihoods.—
Phara Souffrant Forrest,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Babysitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysitter. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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