NURSLING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

nursling

noun

Definition of nursling

as in suckling

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Noun

As the name suggests, Phillips Avent’s silicone pacifiers help soothe babies’ suckling reflex and tame fussiness almost instantly.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 July 2026
Table service lunch ranges from lighter fare like swordfish ceviche to heartier options such as Ecuadorian Llapingacho potato croquettes, Galápagos carne colorada (marinated beef), or a whole roasted suckling pig.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of suckling

Noun

The backstory The original estate goes back to 1912, when the Tudor-style mansion was built for Walter Ladd and his heiress wife, socialite/philanthropist Kate Macy Ladd, who soon opened a convalescent facility on the estate for sick and needy women.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Prosecutors said that Cho, who was living with dementia, was disoriented at the time and had wandered from a convalescent home.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of convalescent

Noun

That’s the percentage of infants globally who received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine last year, according to annual WHO and UNICEF estimates.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 July 2026
Kaufman has also been criticized for arguing in the past against giving infants the hepatitis B vaccine and questioning if vaccines are connected to autism and other health issues.

— Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of infant

Noun

Colchicine was commonly used in Europe for centuries, and in the 18th century was brought from that continent to America by Benjamin Franklin, a notorious sufferer from gout.

— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Inspired by Matute’s personal experience as a carer for her mother, an Alzheimer disease sufferer, during her early adulthood, the title was always a main competition frontrunner.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026

Definition of sufferer

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But when a French physician tested the formula on four newborns, all of them died within days, and the episode sparked a fierce controversy.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 July 2026
The discovery of the deceased newborn was one of two shocking incidents to come out of Electric Forest this year.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026

Definition of newborn

Noun

In Wood’s ritzy dressing room worthy of Elizabeth Taylor, a cherub hangs overhead, while a leap of ceramic leopards prowls the lounge.

— Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
With its polished English oak paneling and ornate Louis XIV-style wrought-iron balustrades presided over by a torch-wielding bronze cherub, the opulent atrium is remembered by historians as both the main thoroughfare and architectural crown jewel of the legendary liner.

— Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of cherub

Noun

The connection between the films goes far beyond the presence of a foundling.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
When Heathcliff, a foundling, discovers that Cathy Earnshaw, the daughter of the impoverished Yorkshire lord who’s taken him in, has played a prank on him by putting eggs in his beds to be crushed, the boy plunges his fingers into the slippery puddle of yolk and albumen left behind.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026

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