Meanings
nounbabysitter (plural babysitters)
plural babysitters · alternative baby-sitter · alternative rare baby sitter
- A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
Synonyms: childsitter, sitter
- derogatoryA person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.
2005, Alan Ball, Playing Extra Time, page 158
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
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nouna person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
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Translations
Arabic حَاضِنَة, مُرَبِّيَة
- حَاضِنَة (ḥāḍina)baby or child caretaker
- مُرَبِّيَة (murabbiya)baby or child caretaker
Basque haurtzain
- haurtzainbaby or child caretaker
Bengali বেবিসিটার, আয়া
- বেবিসিটার (bebiśiṭar)baby or child caretaker
- আয়া (aẏa)baby or child caretaker
Bulgarian детегледа́чка, бава́чка
- детегледа́чка (detegledáčka)baby or child caretaker
- бава́чка (baváčka)baby or child caretaker
- бейбиси́тър (bejbisítăr)baby or child caretaker
Catalan cangur
- cangurbaby or child caretaker
Chinese Cantonese 保姆
- 保姆 (bou² mou⁵)baby or child caretaker
Chinese Mandarin 臨時看孩子的人 /临时看孩子的人, 临时看孩子 的人
- 臨時看孩子的人 /临时看孩子的人baby or child caretaker
- 临时看孩子 的人 (línshí kān háizi de rén)baby or child caretaker
- 保姆 (bǎomǔ)baby or child caretaker
Czech dozor u dítěte
- dozor u dítětebaby or child caretaker
Danish babysitter, barnepige
- babysitterbaby or child caretaker
- barnepigebaby or child caretaker
- aftenvagtbaby or child caretaker
Dutch babyoppas, kinderoppas
- babyoppasbaby or child caretaker
- kinderoppasbaby or child caretaker
- oppasbaby or child caretaker
- wiegewachtbaby or child caretaker
- babysitterbaby or child caretaker
Esperanto vartisto, vartistino
- vartistobaby or child caretaker
- vartistinobaby or child caretaker
Estonian lapsehoidja
- lapsehoidjababy or child caretaker
Finnish lapsenkaitsija, lapsenvahti
- lapsenkaitsijababy or child caretaker
- lapsenvahtibaby or child caretaker
- babysitterbaby or child caretaker
French baby-sitter, gardien d’enfant
- baby-sitterbaby or child caretaker
- gardien d’enfantbaby or child caretaker
- gardienne d’enfantbaby or child caretaker
- bonne d’enfantbaby or child caretaker
- babysitteusebaby or child caretaker
- nounoubaby or child caretaker
- nursebaby or child caretaker
German Babysitter, Babysitterin
- Babysitterbaby or child caretaker
- Babysitterinbaby or child caretaker
- Kinderhüterbaby or child caretaker
- Kinderhüterinbaby or child caretaker
- Kinderbetreuerbaby or child caretaker
- Kinderbetreuerinbaby or child caretaker
Greek μπέιμπι σίτερ, φύλακας νηπίων
- μπέιμπι σίτερ (béimpi síter)baby or child caretaker
- φύλακας νηπίων (fýlakas nipíon)baby or child caretaker
Hebrew שְׁמַרְטַף, שְׁמַרְטַפִית
- שְׁמַרְטַף (sh'martáf)baby or child caretaker
- שְׁמַרְטַפִית (sh'martafít)baby or child caretaker
- בייביסיטר (beibisiter)baby or child caretaker
Hindi दाई, बेबीसिटर
- दाई (dāī)baby or child caretaker
- बेबीसिटर (bebīsiṭar)baby or child caretaker
- आया (āyā)baby or child caretaker
Hungarian bébiszitter, pótmama
- bébiszitterbaby or child caretaker
- pótmamababy or child caretaker
- dadusbaby or child caretaker
Icelandic barnapía, dagmamma
- barnapíababy or child caretaker
- dagmammababy or child caretaker
Indonesian pramusiwi, pengasuh anak
- pramusiwibaby or child caretaker
- pengasuh anakbaby or child caretaker
- pengasuhbaby or child caretaker
Irish feighlí páistí, feighlí leanaí
- feighlí páistíbaby or child caretaker
- feighlí leanaíbaby or child caretaker
- gogamánbaby or child caretaker
Italian baby-sitter, guardabimbi
- baby-sitterbaby or child caretaker
- guardabimbibaby or child caretaker
- badabimbibaby or child caretaker
Japanese ベビーシッター, 子守
- ベビーシッター (bebīsittā)baby or child caretaker
- 子守 (komori)baby or child caretaker
- 守 (mori)baby or child caretaker
Korean 베이비시터
- 베이비시터 (beibisiteo)baby or child caretaker
Latin infantaria
- infantariababy or child caretaker
Latvian aukle
- auklebaby or child caretaker
Lithuanian ateinanti auklė, vaikų prižiūrėtoja
- ateinanti auklėbaby or child caretaker
- vaikų prižiūrėtojababy or child caretaker
- auklėbaby or child caretaker
Malay pengasuh bayi, pengasuh
- pengasuh bayibaby or child caretaker
- pengasuhbaby or child caretaker
Norwegian Bokmål barnevakt
- barnevaktbaby or child caretaker
Polish niania, opiekunka
- nianiababy or child caretaker
- opiekunkababy or child caretaker
Portuguese babá
- babábaby or child caretaker
Romanian babysitter, bonă
- babysitterbaby or child caretaker
- bonăbaby or child caretaker
- doicăbaby or child caretaker
Russian приходя́щая ня́ня, ня́ня
- приходя́щая ня́ня (prixodjáščaja njánja)baby or child caretaker
- ня́ня (njánja)baby or child caretaker
- бебиси́ттер (bɛbisíttɛr)baby or child caretaker
- бэбиси́ттер (bɛbisíttɛr)baby or child caretaker
Slovak opatrovnica, dozor u dieťaťa
- opatrovnicababy or child caretaker
- dozor u dieťaťababy or child caretaker
Spanish niñera, niñero
- niñerababy or child caretaker
- niñerobaby or child caretaker
- cangurobaby or child caretaker
- chinababy or child caretaker
- añababy or child caretaker
- baby-sitter (beibi-síter)baby or child caretaker
Swahili mlezi wa muda, mlei
- mlezi wa mudababy or child caretaker
- mleibaby or child caretaker
- yayababy or child caretaker
Swedish barnvakt
- barnvaktbaby or child caretaker
Tagalog yáya, tagá-alagà ng batà
- yáyababy or child caretaker
- tagá-alagà ng batàbaby or child caretaker
Thai พี่เลี้ยง
- พี่เลี้ยง (pîi-líiang)baby or child caretaker
Turkish çocuk bakıcısı, dadı
- çocuk bakıcısıbaby or child caretaker
- dadıbaby or child caretaker
Ukrainian ня́ня, бебісі́ттер
- ня́ня (njánja)baby or child caretaker
- бебісі́ттер (bebisítter)baby or child caretaker
Urdu بیبی سِٹَر, دائِی
- بیبی سِٹَر (bebī siṭar)baby or child caretaker
- دائِی (dāī)baby or child caretaker
- آیا (āyā)baby or child caretaker
Vietnamese người giữ trẻ
- người giữ trẻbaby or child caretaker
Welsh gwarchodwr banbanod
- gwarchodwr banbanodbaby or child caretaker
Yiddish בעיביסיטער
- בעיביסיטער (beybisiter)baby or child caretaker
Cite this entry
APA
babysitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babysitter
MLA
“babysitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babysitter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “babysitter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babysitter.
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