Synonyms for nurse
nɜrsnurse

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1. nurseverb

   to drink slowly

   Synonyms:
   sip

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1. nurse

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cherish, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

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1. nursenoun

   one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

   Synonyms:
   nursemaid, nanny

2. nanny, nursemaid, nurseverb

   a woman who is the custodian of children

   Synonyms:
   nursemaid, nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat

3. nurseverb

   try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

   "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"

   Synonyms:
   breastfeed, wet-nurse, give suck, suckle, entertain, harbour, suck, lactate, hold, harbor

4. harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurseverb

   maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

   "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, suck, deem, hold up, toy with, arrest, breastfeed, take, have, concord, think about, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, keep, suckle, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, oblige, curb, hold, lactate, confine, have got, restrain, wet-nurse, withstand, agree, hold in, flirt with, halt, contain, think of, concur, maintain, guard, shield, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, declare, give suck, bear

5. nurseverb

   serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

   Synonyms:
   breastfeed, wet-nurse, give suck, suckle, entertain, harbour, suck, lactate, hold, harbor

6. nurseverb

   treat carefully

   "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"

   Synonyms:
   breastfeed, wet-nurse, give suck, suckle, entertain, harbour, suck, lactate, hold, harbor

7. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suckverb

   give suck to

   "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

   Synonyms:
   soak up, entertain, go down on, sop up, wet-nurse, fellate, hold, draw, give suck, absorb, suckle, take in, suck in, harbour, imbibe, lactate, blow, take up, suck up, harbor, breastfeed, suck

Matched Categories

1. • Care
   • Feel
   • Health Professional
   • Medicine
   • Treat

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1. nurseverb

   Synonyms:
   nourish, nurture, supply with nourishment

2. nurseverb

   Synonyms:
   suckle, feed at the breast, give suck to

3. nurseverb

   Synonyms:
   cherish, foster, encourage, succor, promote

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1. nurseverb

   Synonyms:
   suckle, nourish, cherish, foster, succor, foment, encourage, attend, tend, bring up, raise, nurture, rear

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1. List of paraphrases for "nurse":

   nurses, nursing, corpsman, medic, nanny, matron, breastfeed, infirmary

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1. Anne Schuchat:

   I wouldn’t expect the Super Bowl to be a place where many unvaccinated people are congregating, no special precautions are being taken. If people are having fever or rash, they need to let their doctor or nurse know about that, and clinicians caring for people with rash or fever need to ‘think measles.’.

2. Amanda Scarpinati:

   Having a hard childhood (and) being picked on because of my burns, I found comfort in the beautiful amazing photos of this beautiful stranger, this nurse, holding me, and you can feel the compassion and love she had for me.

3. Ron DeSantis:

   No cop, no firefighter, no nurse, nobody should be losing their jobs because of these jobs, we have got to stand up for people and protect their jobs and protect their livelihoods.

4. Bretta Schmidt:

   I'm a nurse, not a terrorist. we feel defeated.

5. Spike Milligan:

   After five days in hospital I took a turn for the nurse.