What does baby-sitter mean?

baby-sitter means "a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home".

How many syllables are in baby-sitter?

baby-sitter has 4 syllables: ba-by--sit-ter. The stress falls on "ba". In IPA it is /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/.

What is another word for baby-sitter?

Close synonyms include babysitter, sitter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baby-sitter a common word?

baby-sitter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with baby-sitter?

2 words rhyme with baby-sitter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

baby-sitter — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
Synonymsbabysitter sitter
Broaderkeeper

Questions about baby-sitter

What does baby-sitter mean?: baby-sitter means "a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home".
How many syllables are in baby-sitter?: baby-sitter has 4 syllables: ba-by--sit-ter. The stress falls on "ba". In IPA it is /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/.
What is another word for baby-sitter?: Close synonyms include babysitter, sitter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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