Synonyms of wet-nurse

wet-nurse

verb

1

as in to nurse

to give milk to from the breast

wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurse
• suckle
• breast-feed
• bottle-feed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wean

2

as in to spoil

to treat with great or excessive care

recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurse
• spoil
• baby
• mother
• indulge
• please
• dandle
• pamper
• coddle
• cosset
• mollycoddle
• satisfy
• appease
• delight
• cocker
• cater (to)
• humor
• content
• gratify
• oblige
• placate
• soothe
• pacify
• gladden
• mollify

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• control
• abuse
• mistreat
• discipline
• restrain
• maltreat
• misuse
• ill-treat
• neglect
• oppress
• manhandle
• ill-use
• mishandle
• slight
• outrage
• violate
• overlook
• molest
• torment
• hurt
• harm
• harass
• injure
• torture
• persecute
• victimize