Thesaurus results for SITTER

sitter

noun

ˈsi-tər

as in nanny

a person employed to care for a young child or children we'll be going to the movie if we can get a sitter for the kids

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Recent Examples of sitter The Children Under The Stairs Elsewhere, Jade eats mushrooms and had Boyd accompany him as a trip-sitter. —

Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 There’s always a long to-do list before vacation, from securing a dog sitter to triple-checking the locks. —

Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 15 May 2026 Controlling how air moves under the sitter, whereby the seating angle can change dramatically depending on posture, is the critical and trickiest aspect of inflatable furniture. —

Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 Rovman Powell couldn’t hold on to an overhead catch of Kohli in the power play at short cover and Vaibhav Arora missed a sitter at deep backward square leg when Padikkal was on 22. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sitter

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Danny and Nia are traveling with their baby and a nanny, and Kristen and Luke, a Lincoln Logs set that can only make a shooting range, are also traveling with an infant, her sister, and brother-in-law, and so much emotional baggage that Jet Blue charged them $35 million in luggage fees.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Capra explains that a mother's helper is different from other home helpers, like a nanny or even a housekeeper.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026