Nurse

//nɜːs//

Synonyms for "nurse" (187 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (38)

Verb(3 words)
harborbearbreastfeed

Strong matches (56)

Related words (93)

Noun(2 words)
nannynursemaid

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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capable of

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distinct from

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has a

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has context

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is a

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manner of

2 entries

not desires

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receives action

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related to

38 entries

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similar

1 entries

Translations

405 translations across 105 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • kinderoppasser noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • verpleegkundige noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • verpleegster noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • verpleër noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Albanian

1 entries
  • infermiere noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • νοσοκόμος noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • θηλάζω verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Arabic

4 entries
  • سستر noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ممرض noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • مُمَرِّض noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • مُمَرِّض noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բուժքույր noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • դայակ noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • քույր noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • dayə noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • pərəstar noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • tibb bacısı noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Basque

1 entries
  • erizain noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • кармі́целька noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • медсястра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ня́ня noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • сястра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Bengali

1 entries
  • নার্স noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бава́чка noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • медици́нска сестра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • гледам verb (to care for (the sick))
  • кърмя verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Burmese

1 entries
  • သူနာပြုဆရာမ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Catalan

3 entries
  • infermer noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infermera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • alletar verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Chechen

1 entries
  • лорйиша noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 看護 /看护 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 看護婦 /看护妇 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 護士 /护士 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 姑娘 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 護士 /护士 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 保育員 /保育员 noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • 看護 /看护 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 護士 /护士 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ӗмӗрт verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Czech

4 entries
  • chůva noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • kojná noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • ošetřovatel noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ošetřovatelka noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Danish

3 entries
  • barneplejerske noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • nurse noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • sygeplejerske noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Dari

1 entries
  • هَمْشِیرَه noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Dutch

4 entries
  • min noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • verpleegkundige noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • voedster noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • zoogmoeder noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Erzya

1 entries
  • сазор noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • flegisto noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • vartisto noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • flegi verb (to care for (the sick))
  • kuraci verb (to care for (the sick))

Estonian

4 entries
  • lapsehoidja noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • meditsiiniõde noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • medvend noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • medõde noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hoitaja noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • hoitajatar noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • lastenhoitaja noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • sairaanhoitaja noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

French

4 entries
  • infirmier noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infirmière noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nourrice noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • allaiter verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Friulian

1 entries
  • latâ verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Galician

4 entries
  • enfermeira noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • enfermeiro noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • neneira noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • aleitar verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Georgian

1 entries
  • მედდა noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

German

4 entries
  • Kinderfrau noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • Kindermädchen noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • Krankenpfleger noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • Krankenschwester noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Greek

4 entries
  • νοσηλευτής noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • νοσηλεύτρια noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • νοσοκόμα noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • νοσοκόμος noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אָח noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • אָחוֹת noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • חוֹבֵשׁ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • הֵינִיק verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Hindi

2 entries
  • नर्स noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • उपचार करना verb (to care for (the sick))

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dada noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • dajka noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • ápoló noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ápolónő noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Krankeschwesder noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • barnfóstra noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • fóstra noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • hjúkrunarfræðingur noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • gefa a brjóst verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Ido

1 entries
  • flegisto noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • ners noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • perawat noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • suster noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • menyusui verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • نِرْس noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • پَرَسْتار noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Irish

4 entries
  • banaltra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • banaltra noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • banaltra fir noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • buime noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Italian

4 entries
  • balia noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • infermiera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infermiere noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nutrice noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ナース noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 保母 noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • 保育士 noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • 看護士 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Javanese

1 entries
  • mantri noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Kalenjin

1 entries
  • nas noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Kamba

1 entries
  • nasi noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • медбибі noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • медбике noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • мейірбике noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គិលានុបដ្ឋាក noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • គិលានុបដ្ឋាយិកា noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • nathi noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Korean

4 entries
  • 간호사 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 간호사 noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • 간호원 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 보모 noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • медайым noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • медсестра noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Lao

1 entries
  • ພະຍາບານ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Latin

3 entries
  • infirmarius noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • alō verb (to breastfeed (a baby))
  • nutriō verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Latvian

3 entries
  • aukle noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • māsa noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • zīdīt verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • auklė noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • seselė noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Livonian

1 entries
  • lapsvȱidaji noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • chórobna sotša noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • wótwardowaŕ chórych noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Luhya

1 entries
  • omunasi noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Luo

1 entries
  • nas noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • дадилка noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • медицинска сестра noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • медицински брат noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • негувателка noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Malay

2 entries
  • jururawat noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • rawat verb (to care for (the sick))

Maltese

3 entries
  • infermier noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infermiera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ners noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Marathi

1 entries
  • नर्स noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Meru

1 entries
  • nathi noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Middle English

1 entries
  • norice noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • асрагч эх noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Māori

4 entries
  • nāhi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nēhi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • tapuhi verb (to care for (the sick))
  • whakangote verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Navajo

1 entries
  • azeeʼ neiikáhí noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Norman

1 entries
  • nosse noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • hemşîre noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • peristgar noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • pleier noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • pleierske noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sykepleier noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sykepleierske noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjukepleiar noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Occitan

2 entries
  • infirmièr noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infirmièra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Pashto

4 entries
  • خورۍ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • رنځورپاله noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • نرس noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • نرسه noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Polish

4 entries
  • opiekunka noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • pielęgniarka noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • pielęgniarz noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • pielęgniarz noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • babá noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • enfermeira noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • enfermeiro noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • amamentar verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Romani

1 entries
  • chuchi del verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Romanian

4 entries
  • asistentă medicală noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • bonă noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • doică noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • dădacă noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Russian

4 entries
  • корми́лица noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • медбра́т noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • медсестра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ня́ня noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • banaltraim noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • bean-eiridinn noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • bean-eiridnidh noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • muime noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bólničār noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • bólničārka noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • dàdilja noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • mȅdicīnskā sèstra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • mammana noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • nfirmera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nfirmeri noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nurrizza noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Slovak

4 entries
  • sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • zdravotná sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • dojčiť verb (to breastfeed (a baby))
  • ošetrovať verb (to care for (the sick))

Slovene

1 entries
  • medicinska sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Spanish

4 entries
  • enfermera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • enfermero noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • niñera noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • achichiguar verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Swahili

4 entries
  • muuguzi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nesi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • uguza verb (to care for (the sick))
  • uguza verb (to tend gently and with extra care)

Swedish

3 entries
  • sjukskötare noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sjuksköterska noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • amma verb (to breastfeed (a baby))

Tagalog

4 entries
  • nars noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • yaya noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • alaga verb (to care for (the sick))
  • alagaan verb (to care for (the sick))

Tajik

3 entries
  • парастор noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ҳамшира noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ҳамшираи тиббӣ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Tamil

4 entries
  • செவிலி noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • செவிலி noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • செவிலியர் noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • செவிலியர் noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Thai

1 entries
  • พยาบาล noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྨན་གཡོག noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • nes noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bakıcı noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • dadı noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • hemşire noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • tıp bacısı noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şepagat uýasy noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • годува́льниця noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • медсестра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ня́ня noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • сестра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Unami

2 entries
  • kenahkihèt noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • kèhkenahkihès noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Urdu

1 entries
  • نَرْس noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سېسترا noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • hamshira noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • medsestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bảo mẫu noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • bảo mỗ noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • y tá noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Volapük

4 entries
  • ciladünan noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • cilahidünan noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • cilajidünan noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • cilihikälan noun (person who takes care of other people's young)

Welsh

2 entries
  • nyrs noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nyrsiwr noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Yakut

1 entries
  • сиэстэрэ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • ניאַניע noun (person who takes care of other people's young)
  • סאַניטאַר noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • קראַנקן־ברודער noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • קראַנקן־שוועסטער noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • bouxganqbingh noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • husw noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Sample sentences

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The nurse is dressed in white.

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The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.

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The nurse looked after the babies.

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The nurse gave me a shot.

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