Nursing Synonyms and Antonyms

nûrsĭng
To hold and turn over in the mind
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nourishing
  2. harboring
  3. bearing
Acting as a nurse
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fostering
  2. cherishing
  3. watching over
  4. caring for
  5. attending
  6. devoting oneself to
  7. bringing-up
Gaining nourishment by suckling
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. taking nourishment
  2. sucking
  3. milking
  4. feeding
  5. suckling
Nourishing at the breast
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nurse's training
  2. profession of a nurse
  3. duties of a nurse
  4. health-care
  5. breast-feeding
  6. healing
  7. treating
To provide medical care
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. taking
  2. vaccinating
  3. inoculating
  4. irradiating
  5. medicating
  6. aiding
To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nurturing

Words Related to Nursing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Nursing Sentence Examples

  • Jeff's father is dead and his mother is in a nursing home.

  • Sonya and Natasha were nursing him.

  • Alex was sitting on the porch swing, nursing a cup of coffee the morning they arrived to work on the house.

  • Nursing a cratered heart, he stepped into Hell, well aware he had nowhere else to go.

  • Alex had warned her against nursing him too long, but it seemed right at the time.

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