babysitter
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babysitter
- /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə/ UK
- [ˈbe̞ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪtʰə] UK
- /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/ US
- [ˈbeɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ] US
- /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/ Australia
- [ˈbæ̝ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ] Australia
Where it comes from
From baby + sitter.
noun babysitters · baby-sitter · baby sitter
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A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
Similar: childsitter, sitter
- A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder. He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sitter, babysitting, caregiver, housekeeper, nanny, baby-sitter, nan, maid, mom, caretaker, custodian, warden, guardian, guard, bearer, keeper
Translations
Every language
noun baby or child caretaker
| Español | niñera, niñero, canguro, china, aña, baby-sitter (beibi-síter) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 베이비시터 beibisiteo |
| 日本語 | ベビーシッター bebīsittā, 子守 komori, 守 mori |
| 中文 | 臨時看孩子的人 /临时看孩子的人, 临时看孩子 的人 línshí kān háizi de rén, 保姆 bǎomǔ |
| हिन्दी | दाई dāī, बेबीसिटर bebīsiṭar, आया āyā |
| Kiswahili | mlezi wa muda, mlei, yaya |
| Português | babá |
| Français | baby-sitter, gardien d’enfant, gardienne d’enfant, bonne d’enfant, babysitteuse, nounou |
| Deutsch | Babysitter, Babysitterin, Kinderhüter, Kinderhüterin, Kinderbetreuer, Kinderbetreuerin |
| Italiano | baby-sitter, guardabimbi, badabimbi |
| Ελληνικά | μπέιμπι σίτερ béimpi síter, φύλακας νηπίων fýlakas nipíon |
| Română | babysitter, bonă, doică |
| Русский | приходя́щая ня́ня prixodjáščaja njánja, ня́ня njánja, бебиси́ттер bɛbisíttɛr, бэбиси́ттер bɛbisíttɛr |
| Tiếng Việt | người giữ trẻ |
| العربية | حَاضِنَة ḥāḍina, مُرَبِّيَة murabbiya |
| עברית | שְׁמַרְטַף sh'martáf, שְׁמַרְטַפִית sh'martafít, בייביסיטר beibisiter |
Talk about this word "babysitter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/babysitter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. babysitter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/babysitter "babysitter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/babysitter.Cite this
@misc{babysitter_2026,
title = {babysitter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/babysitter},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
