Synonyms of nanny

nanny

noun

ˈna-nē 

variants also nannie

as in nurse

a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children

wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurse
• sitter
• babysitter
• nursemaid
• nurser
• dry nurse
• amah
• ayah
• au pair
• mammy
• bonne
• governess
• duenna
• mademoiselle
• fraulein

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nanny

These nefarious little nannies were blamed for every cool model that didn’t make it to our shores, and every sweet performance option left on the table (not to mention every part that fell off of an American car built between 1979 and 1999). — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026

While Rossi was on the stand, prosecutors played a brief video of Callan, whom the nanny primarily cared for. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

With that in mind, build a job description that will be of interest and allow a sitter or nanny to earn extra income. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026

Structured as a coming-of-age narrative, the novel sets Lenny’s small domestic world—her parents, her brother Adi, her godmother, and, above all, her Hindu nanny Ayah—against the hardening politics outside it. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026