Synonyms for baby-sit
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.
Related words
- Word family
- babysitter
- Other spellings
- babysit
Forms
- Past participle
- baby-sat
e.g. baby-sat → coddled, child-minded, childsat…
Example sentences
- sit Mary will sit still and look at the sea for hours.
- coddle You shouldn't coddle her so much. She needs to learn to be independent.
By length
- 3 letters
- sit1
- 6 letters
- coddle2
- 8 letters
- childsit
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (coddle2 = 2 syllables).