nurse
English Thesaurus
1. a woman who is the custodian of children (noun.person)
hypernym | : | keeper, |
definition | : | someone in charge of other people (noun.person) |
hypernym | : | adult female, woman, |
definition | : | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | dry nurse, |
definition | : | a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | mammy, |
definition | : | an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. (noun.person) |
2. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person)
hyponym | : | foster-nurse, |
definition | : | a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | graduate nurse, trained nurse, |
definition | : | someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | head nurse, |
definition | : | the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | matron, |
definition | : | a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | accoucheuse, midwife, |
definition | : | a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | registered nurse, rn, |
definition | : | a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | scrub nurse, |
definition | : | a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | visiting nurse, |
definition | : | a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cavell, edith cavell, edith louisa cavell, |
definition | : | English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | margaret higgins sanger, margaret sanger, sanger, |
definition | : | United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966) (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | nurse-patient relation, |
definition | : | the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient (noun.linkdef) |
3. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (verb.body)
hypernym | : | care for, treat, |
definition | : | provide treatment for (verb.body) |
domain category | : | medicine, practice of medicine, |
definition | : | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries (noun.act) |
4. give suck to (verb.consumption)
hypernym | : | feed, give, |
definition | : | give food to (verb.consumption) |
verb group | : | suck, |
definition | : | draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth (verb.consumption) |
5. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) (verb.emotion)
hypernym | : | experience, feel, |
definition | : | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind (verb.emotion) |
6. treat carefully (verb.social)
hypernym | : | do by, handle, treat, |
definition | : | interact in a certain way (verb.social) |
7. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people (verb.social)
hypernym | : | care, give care, |
definition | : | provide care for (verb.social) |
8. a woman who is the custodian of children (noun.person)
9. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person)
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (verb.body) |
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people (verb.social) |
10. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (verb.body)
derivation | : | nursing, |
definition | : | the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm (noun.act) |
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person) |
11. give suck to (verb.consumption)
antonym | : | bottlefeed, |
definition | : | feed (infants) with a bottle (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | lactation, suckling, |
definition | : | feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast (noun.act) |
derivation | : | sucker, |
definition | : | an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | nanny, nurse, nursemaid, |
definition | : | a woman who is the custodian of children (noun.person) |
derivation | : | lactation, |
definition | : | the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands (noun.process) |
derivation | : | lactation, |
definition | : | the period following birth during which milk is secreted (noun.time) |
12. treat carefully (verb.social)
derivation | : | nurser, |
definition | : | a person who treats something carefully (noun.person) |
13. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people (verb.social)
derivation | : | nursing, |
definition | : | the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm (noun.act) |
derivation | : | nursing, |
definition | : | the profession of a nurse (noun.group) |
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person) |
14. a woman who is the custodian of children (noun.person)
15. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person)
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (verb.body) |
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people (verb.social) |
16. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (verb.body)
derivation | : | nursing, |
definition | : | the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm (noun.act) |
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person) |
17. give suck to (verb.consumption)
antonym | : | bottlefeed, |
definition | : | feed (infants) with a bottle (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | lactation, suckling, |
definition | : | feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast (noun.act) |
derivation | : | sucker, |
definition | : | an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | nanny, nurse, nursemaid, |
definition | : | a woman who is the custodian of children (noun.person) |
derivation | : | lactation, |
definition | : | the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands (noun.process) |
derivation | : | lactation, |
definition | : | the period following birth during which milk is secreted (noun.time) |
18. treat carefully (verb.social)
derivation | : | nurser, |
definition | : | a person who treats something carefully (noun.person) |
19. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people (verb.social)
derivation | : | nursing, |
definition | : | the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm (noun.act) |
derivation | : | nursing, |
definition | : | the profession of a nurse (noun.group) |
derivation | : | nurse, |
definition | : | one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (noun.person) |
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