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. Cheyenne Marion:

   I asked the nurse if it was possible, i was told he was hooked up to too many machines and it was not possible to take him out of his hospital room.

2. Debbie Howell:

   The nurse put my mom's head on my dad's shoulder. And she walked over and she rubbed my dad's shoulder and said' Dick, you can go now. Shirley's waiting for you,' and within minutes, he was gone.

3. Marlena Pellegrino:

   This is an enormous victory for our patients and our members, and it is a testament to the grit and determination of every nurse who walked that line, day in and day out.

4. Heather Perry:

   It said ‘Perry’ on the card, but nothing else was filled out on the card. Not the height, not the weight, it just said ‘Perry.’ He noticed on the card it said number five, and our baby had been in number four… He told the nurse, ‘Why is he in a baby cart that says number five?’ She said ‘Oh that’s fine, that’s your baby.’.

5. Katarina Zarutskie:

   We had seen all these nurse sharks swimming around the marina and I had already known, because I’ve surfed my whole life [ that nurse sharks are relatively harmless ] … I thought it was safe and I saw kids snorkeling, and against my boyfriend’s family’s wishes I thought it would be fine.