NURSES Synonyms: 251 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of nurse

as in nannies

a person employed to care for a young child or children sent his little son back to his nurse so that he could return to his study to work

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verb

present tense third-person singular of nurse

as in mothers

to attend to the needs and comforts of willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm

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as in suckles

to give milk to from the breast a new mother's decision to nurse her baby

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weans

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to keep in one's mind or heart he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend

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as in babies

to treat with great or excessive care nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week

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as in raises

to bring to maturity through care and education as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years

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as in encourages

to help the growth or development of her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent

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as in spares

to use or give out in stingy amounts he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch

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Recent Examples of nurses

Noun

While Moreno was asleep, nurses had been coming into the room to check on the baby’s heartbeat. — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 Evernorth operates the large pharmacy benefit management company Express Scripts and Accredo specialty pharmacy, which includes home delivery of complex medical conditions and has nurses who do in home and ambulatory infusion services. — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 More than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital and 450 Mass General Brigham home care clinicians are scheduling a strike Wednesday morning, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 7 July 2026 Expert witness Doctors, nurses, medical technicians, public safety experts and engineers can earn hundreds of dollars per hour serving as expert witnesses and as case evaluators in legal disputes. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 Interestingly, the hotel’s structure incorporates an entire 1908 redbrick residential building that was originally constructed as housing for nurses. — Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 2 July 2026 Student nurses were recruited to help with the work of keeping patients hydrated. — John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Two former emergency room nurses allege dangerous misconduct inside Heritage Valley Sewickley's emergency department and accuse hospital leaders of failing to act. — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 30 June 2026 When unveiling its new rules, the department said short staffing of nurses was a particular problem in psychiatric hospitals. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

Verb

After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026 Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process. — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurses

Noun

That balancing act became even more challenging when working for some of the families featured on the show, whose expectations often pushed the nannies outside of their comfort zones.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Parents from working- and middle-class households are more likely to rely on screens compared to high-income parents, who can hire childcare services, such as full-time nannies.

— Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 19 June 2026

Definition of nannies

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Saturday Night Live host Matt Damon was cast as the adoring husband in Mom, an entirely inoffensive movie where nothing bad happens—something that mothers everywhere will enjoy.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
Some parents − overwhelmingly mothers − are stepping back from full-time work or leaving the workforce altogether to accommodate the needs of their family.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of mothers

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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
In fact, this recipe has the meatballs gently spiced with a dash of cumin and cinnamon, then tossed with a pepperoncini-spiked tomato sauce.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Definition of has

Verb

Each new piece was crafted to be simple, functional, and beautiful, giving parents peace of mind and babies a nurturing space to grow.

— Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.

— Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025

Definition of babies

Verb

Fuller, who is represented by attorneys Geoffrey Tabor and Timothy O’Reilly, raises antitrust and breach of contract claims that have become familiar in college athlete litigation.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026
But a lengthy rollout raises questions about whether the model can become a scalable solution to the state’s housing crisis — the sale comes more than two years after the state made such transactions possible.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Definition of raises

Verb

The move spares Rodriguez a punishing cut to 145 but drops him into the sport's deepest, most wrestling-heavy division.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The outcome spares officials the headache of changing their ballot rules just a few months before the 2026 midterm congressional elections.

— Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

Definition of spares

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Non-compete agreements bound 30 million Americans, including even low-wage fast-food workers and dog sitters.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Freud held famously unhurried sessions, often requiring sitters to spend unbroken hours in the studio over the course of days or even months.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026