Nurse

/nɜːs/

Synonyms for "nurse" (226 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (46)

Verb(3 words)
bearbreastfeedcared

Strong matches (67)

Noun(9 words)
cultivatedresserfosterfostershandholdharborshealth workerhealthcare professionalinoculator

Related words (113)

licensed practical nurselick into shapelooklook afterlook out forlook tolpnmammymassagematronizemindminister tomothernannynourishnursemaidnurserymaidnursing sisternurturenutrify
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operate onpamperphysicplasterpoulticepractical nursepracticepreparepreserveprivate-duty nurseprobationerprobationistprobepromoteprotegeprovide forpublic health nursepurgeput in tuneput to schoolraisereadyrearregistered nurserehearseremedyride herd onrnrubschool nursescrub nursesee aftersee tosend to schoolservantshepherdsistersittersplintspoon feedspoon-feedstrapstudent nursestuffsucklesupportsurgical nursesustaintake care oftake charge oftake in handtendtraintrained nursetreasuretreasure uptreasurytreatvisiting nursewait onwatchwatch out forwatch overwet nursewet-nurse
Adjective(1 words)
rounder

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

22 entries
PCPadult femaleassistancecarecare forcaregiverdevelopdo byexperiencefeedfeelgivegive carehandlehealth care provider

Showing 16 of 22 words.

More specific

13 entries
administer medicinedocument vital signsfeed patientslicensed practical nursenurse a dreamnurse a hopenurse a plannurse an ideanurse practitionernursemaidregistered nursetend patientswet nurse

Collocations

11 entries
household nursenurse a drinknurse a fevernurse a grudgenurse a patientnurse a plannurse aidenursemaidpediatric nurseregistered nursewet nurse

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

198 translations across 94 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • 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

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

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

2 entries
  • բուժքույր noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • քույր noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • 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

2 entries
  • медсястра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • сястра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Bengali

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

Bulgarian

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

Burmese

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

Catalan

2 entries
  • infermer noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infermera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

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

2 entries
  • 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)

Czech

4 entries
  • ošetřovatel noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • ošetřovatelka noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • zdravotní sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Danish

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

Dari

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

Dutch

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

Erzya

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

Esperanto

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

Estonian

4 entries
  • 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)
  • õde 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)
  • sairaanhoitaja noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sairaanhoitajatar noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

French

2 entries
  • infirmier noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infirmière noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Galician

2 entries
  • enfermeira noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • enfermeiro noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Georgian

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

German

2 entries
  • 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

3 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)

Hindi

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

Hungarian

2 entries
  • 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

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

Ido

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

Indonesian

3 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)

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

2 entries
  • banaltra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • banaltra fir noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Italian

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

Japanese

4 entries
  • ナース noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 看護士 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 看護婦 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 看護師 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Javanese

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

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)

Korean

2 entries
  • 간호사 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • 간호원 noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

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

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

Latvian

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

Lithuanian

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

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)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • медицинска сестра noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • медицински брат noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Malay

1 entries
  • jururawat noun (person trained to provide 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)

Mongolian

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

Māori

2 entries
  • nāhi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nēhi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

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
  • 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)
  • siostra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • enfermeira noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • enfermeiro noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Romanian

4 entries
  • asistentă medicală noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infirmier noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • infirmieră noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • soră noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Russian

4 entries
  • медбра́т noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • медсестра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • сестра́ noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • сиде́лка noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • bean-eiridinn noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • bean-eiridnidh noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • neach-eiridinn noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bólničār noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • bólničārka noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • mȅdicīnskā sèstra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • mȅdicīnskī tèhničār noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • nfirmera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nfirmeri noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Slovak

2 entries
  • sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • zdravotná sestra noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Slovene

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

Spanish

2 entries
  • enfermera noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • enfermero noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Swahili

2 entries
  • muuguzi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • nesi noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Swedish

2 entries
  • sjukskötare noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • sjuksköterska noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • nars noun (person trained to provide 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

2 entries
  • செவிலி noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • செவிலியர் noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

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

2 entries
  • 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

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

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

Volapük

3 entries
  • hikälan noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • jikälan noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)
  • kälan noun (person trained to provide care for the sick)

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
  • 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)
  • 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

24 total sentences available.

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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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