baby-sitter

Examples

• All

• The baby-sitter wasn't there.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The baby-sitter, a young woman just barely past Mickey's age herself, left hurriedly.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I just got a baby-sitter!

  Anuvahood (2011)

• Daddy, please, you can't call a baby sitter.

  The Gate (1987)

• I don't need a baby-sitter, Billy.

  Virtuosity (1995)

• Well, Patty, how's the baby sitter?

  The Smell of Success (2011)

• The baby-sitter's here.

  Unbreakable (2000)

• The baby-sitter plays with the children a game where you turn the music up very loud, Waylon Jennings, "The Outlaws," and run around the living room leaping from the couch to the chairs to the swing, trying never to touch the floor.

  Fiction book (1997)

• When the parents went out for dinner, they hired a baby-sitter to look after their children.

• She worked as a baby-sitter during the summer to earn some extra money while attending college.

Synonyms

B

babysitter

vsbaby-sitter

234 1.0

A person who looks after children while their parents are away

is paid to look after children when parents are away without time limit

S

sitter

vsbaby-sitter

70 1.6

A person who looks after children at home while their parents are out

is broader, covering paid care whether at home or elsewhere

M

minder

vsbaby-sitter

• UK

2 4.0

A person who looks after young children in their own home while the parents work

is aimed at paid care for children of any age without age limit

C

childminder

vsbaby-sitter

• UK

1 2.8

A person who looks after children in their own home while parents are at work

is used more for paid care that can be occasional rather than regular

B

baby minder

vsbaby-sitter

• UK

3.3

A person who looks after babies in their home while their parents work

covers paid care for children of any age rather than only babies

B

babyminder

vsbaby-sitter

• UK

7.1

A person who looks after babies in their own home while parents work

is the general paid childcare term not restricted to babies or location

How Responsible

foster parent

42 3.2

nanny

603 1.0

childminder

• UK

1 2.8

baby-sitter

9 1.2

little helper

5 3.2

Surface Forms

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Etymology