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

as in has

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

Doctors, nurses, physician assistants, EMTs, and medical students can apply to see the film for free via Watermelon’s registration form. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Worthwhile brands take pride in third-party testing, as well as first milking collection, which ensures the colostrum was collected within 24 hours after the calf nurses. — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 17 Aug. 2026 Each and every day, my fellow nurses, healthcare workers and I show up to care for and improve the lives of our patients. — Nancy Hagans, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026 So many died, my hospital forced ICU nurses to call in to grief counselors. — Alessandra Hirsch, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 Scrub technologists and circulating nurses prepare and manage instruments, maintain sterility, position the patient with millimeter precision for complex spine or cranial approaches, and anticipate needs before they are spoken. — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Emergency patients may wait for inpatient beds, nurses become overloaded and surgeries are delayed. — Eugene Litvak, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 That's particularly true in hospitals where nurses have been known to collapse from heat exhaustion, according to the Royal College of Nursing. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Many of these people are poorly paid, but some, such as travel nurses, are highly compensated. — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Verb

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

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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

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

Bristol Myers Squibb, or BMS, has a program to make its drugs available in lower-income countries.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Historically, the ruling party in Nigeria's presidential elections usually has a higher chance of winning when the race features more than one prominent opposition candidate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 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

Panthea takes the opportunity to bring Amanda her purse and try to bury the hatchet and, strangely, this is the only moment that Amanda really raises her voice.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Misperception of these operations raises potential risk to both the United States and participants in the Program.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of raises

Verb

There is an agency in charge of enforcing the rules with the objective of putting guardrails around a spending spree exacerbated by a transfer portal that encourages players to seek better offers from different schools.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Painting outdoors offers a slower, more immersive experience that encourages observation, patience, and connection with nature.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of encourages

Verb

As engagement-farming social-media accounts like Pop Base and celebrity-gossip accounts such as Deuxmoi still post frequent updates of celebrity sightings and speculation, the type of blanketing gossip press that Hilton introduced now spares no one.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
The timing spares the Eagles and Carter from the questions and speculation that would have unfolded when training camp opened to the media Wednesday.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 28 July 2026