Thesaurus results for SITTER

sitter

noun

ˈsi-tər

as in nanny

a person employed to care for a young child or children we'll be going to the movie if we can get a sitter for the kids

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Recent Examples of sitter Rovman Powell couldn’t hold on to an overhead catch of Kohli in the power play at short cover and Vaibhav Arora missed a sitter at deep backward square leg when Padikkal was on 22. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026 Many of the old tree sitters — white-haired and brimming with stories of Bari — have come out of the woodwork for the latest battle. —

Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026 Even shrugging off the disappointment of missing a sitter of a backhand when up break point a couple of points earlier. —

Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 9 May 2026 In the midday heat, the group returns home to nurse the babies and swap sitters for the afternoon. —

Big Think, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sitter

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Noun

In the film, Walter portrayed Chessy, the housekeeper and nanny to Nick Parker (played by Dennis Quaid).

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Moving between Lucila’s dating life, her job as au pair, her second gig as a food delivery driver, and the community of Latin American nannies that forms her social circle, the film is left with little time to fully establish the contours of her family situation.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 May 2026