Synonyms of nannies

nannies

noun

plural of nanny

as in nurses

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

• nurses
• sitters
• babysitters
• nursemaids
• nursers
• amahs
• dry nurses
• ayahs
• mammies
• au pairs
• bonnes
• governesses
• duennas
• frauleins
• mademoiselles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nannies

There’s always somebody cleaning, a chef, nannies, assistants. — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

The prosecutor argued the beatings basically never stopped, claiming footage showed nannies beating one child, then turning their violence toward any of the other toddlers who wept while watching. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

On more than one occasion, the nannies were seen physically harming the children on camera. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Children—a rare sight at Trancoso’s small, intimate pousadas but welcome here—are kept busy by a discreet army of private nannies and hotel monitors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The filing accused Thomas of having refused to allow nannies into his house with his daughter, including one assigned by the court, and of using drugs. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026

Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Panettiere recalled learning that Kaya was unhappy about taking an elaborate boat to school while some of her classmates arrived by bus or were dropped off by their parents or nannies. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

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