Synonyms for nursery
ˈnɜr sə rinurs·e·ry

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1. nursery

   Synonyms:
   seed-plot, seminary, plantation, school

   Antonyms:
   world, life, education, profession

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1. nursery, baby's roomnoun

   a child's room for a baby

   Synonyms:
   glasshouse, greenhouse, baby's room

2. greenhouse, nursery, glasshousenoun

   a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

   Synonyms:
   greenhouse, glasshouse, baby's room

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1. nurserynoun

   Synonyms:
   crèche (public nursery)

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1. List of paraphrases for "nursery":

   incubator, sowers, maternal, kindergarten, nurseries, incubators, crèche, pre-school, rearing, day-care, daycare, preschool, pre-primary, childcare, kindergartens, seedbed

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1. Clare Boothe Luce:

   A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.

2. Bill Gross:

   It has been a nursery rhyme experience for sure, but more than likely without a fairy tale ending.

3. Brigid Brophy:

   I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.

4. Judy Morgan:

   If you do not want the dog and cat to go into the nursery, start training them to stay out of the room before the baby arrives — and yes, cats are trainable too.

5. Phyllis McGinley:

   Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.