Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "nurse" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

doctor

Typical Location

clinic doctor's office hospital nursing home

Capable Of

bathe patient care for patient care for sick check vital signs hand instrument to doctor mother patient page doctor resuscitate take pulse visit patient voice concern work at hospital

Derived Terms

allonurse charge nurse community nurse community psychiatric nurse district nurse dry nurse dry-nurse drynurse flight nurse goodnight nurse graduate nurse grey nurse grey nurse shark hello nurse murse nit nurse nonnurse noursle nursable nurse assistant nurse auxiliary nurse log nurse merger nurse practitioner nurse shark nurse-assistant nurse-in nurse-practitioner nursebot nursedom nursegirl nursehound nursekeeper nursekin nurseless nurselet nurselike nursely nursemaid nurseman nursepond nurser nursery nurse nursetender nursewear nursie nursling nursy overnurse practical nurse psychiatric nurse registered nurse scrub nurse sick nurse sicknurse snottie's nurse snotty's nurse staff nurse supernurse telenurse undernurse unnursed wet nurse wet-nurse

Distinct From

doctor

Has Part

degree in nursing

Context

horticulture medicine nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

PCP adult female care care for caregiver do by experience feed feel give give care handle health care provider health professional keeper primary care provider treat woman

Type Of (IsA)

health professional medic nursing school graduate prescriber

Manner Of

care treat

Not Desires

suicide cases

Receives Action

found in hospital

Related Terms

matron sister

Related Terms

asexual reproduction assistant baby breastfeed captain care care worker caretaker cercaria command doctor doctor assistant doctor helper doctors doctors assistant first officer health health worker helper hospital hospital staff hospitals larva lieutenant matron medical medical assistant medical person medical professional nurse shark person profession professional sister staff trematode wet nurse worker

Similar Terms

suck

Synonym Network

breastfeed harbor nanny sip

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.