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
Schimpf says this will help grandparents and babysitters be able to refer to rules for safe sleep at all times.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
The death of Diane Elizabeth Dern, who was in the care of a babysitter at the time, took a toll on Ladd and her then-husband, actor Bruce Dern, who had only wed two years prior after meeting on the off-Broadway play Orpheus Rising.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Leone's horror anthology features a wraparound story about a babysitter, Sarah (Katie Maguire), and her two adolescent charges, Timmy and Tia, who find an unmarked VHS in their trick-or-treat bag.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
His vice president said the trip was not about being a babysitter.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Monroe is clearly having a good time playing the devious babysitter to Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s concerned, increasingly paranoid, affluent mother in Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 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
Did Ed Gein kill babysitter Evelyn Hartley?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
The death of Diane Elizabeth Dern, who was in the care of a babysitter at the time, took a toll on Ladd and her then-husband, actor Bruce Dern, who had only wed two years prior after meeting on the off-Broadway play Orpheus Rising.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Leone's horror anthology features a wraparound story about a babysitter, Sarah (Katie Maguire), and her two adolescent charges, Timmy and Tia, who find an unmarked VHS in their trick-or-treat bag.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
His vice president said the trip was not about being a babysitter.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Monroe is clearly having a good time playing the devious babysitter to Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s concerned, increasingly paranoid, affluent mother in Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 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
Did Ed Gein kill babysitter Evelyn Hartley?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysitter
Noun
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The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate, the outlet reported.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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
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“Babysitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysitter. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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