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

Medics and nurses here do simulations often, both to pass the Critical Care Academy, and also to stay up to date on occasional but critical events, like emergency births, newborn resuscitation, and burns. — Elaine Appleton-Grant, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026 Sixty-five percent of the ballots cast were in favor of the hospital’s 1,200 nurses being represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, according to results announced Friday. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 All told, more than 500 Democratic doctors, nurses, scientists, and others with backgrounds in public health ran for office nationwide. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026 Sure, public schools that can't afford to provide teachers with basic supplies like crayons and where nurses have to keep track of every bandage and packet of acetaminophen are performing surgery that costs $100,000-plus. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026 The union represents approximately 2,500 instructors, counselors, librarians, college nurses and program coordinators at all campuses of the district. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Doctors, nurses, and others who work in health care may have heard patients describe their struggles and might have personally fought insurance companies to get treatment covered. — Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2026 An umbrella review of global nurse burnout research found oncology nurses reporting the highest depersonalization rates of any specialty studied. — Annette Logan-Parker, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 When he was placed in the hospital initially, nurses said two agents watched him at all time. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Verb

At the family estate, Sybylla, who nurses inchoate hopes of becoming a writer, is to be remade into a suitable wife. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026 Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother. — David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026 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

There’s always somebody cleaning, a chef, nannies, assistants.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Three years later, Lewis began writing her book, with accounts pieced together from nannies and staff from her childhood.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of nannies

Verb

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

Verb

Asphalt contractor Albert Santing, who has 28 years of experience in the industry, said the quieter operation improved working conditions on the Groningen project.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
The 19-year-old Acuff has 288 points, the most by any rookie through the first 11 games of a season since Michael Jordan scored 289 for the Chicago Bulls in 1984.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Nov. 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

One of those pay packages gave thousands of civilian city workers raises of about 24% over five years.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Mike Katz-Lacabe, the organization's research director, said the program raises questions about how drones will be monitored, who will have access to the footage and whether police can adequately oversee their own use of the technology.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of raises

Verb

His lacerating wit spares no member of his staff—a mix of true incompetents, off-putting savants, ticking time bombs, and onetime offenders prematurely consigned to professional purgatory.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Companion animal euthanasia is a therapeutic intervention to mitigate suffering; when conducted properly, the process spares the subject both fear and pain.

— Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of spares

Noun

Even more than the other accoutrements with which sitters were pictured, dogs could convey a range of qualities.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
In the exhibition, Liotard’s portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Marie Caroline have been newly titled to reflect the true identities of the sitters.

— Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026