CAREGIVER Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

caregiver

noun

ˈker-ˌgi-vər

Definition of caregiver

as in caretaker

a person who has responsibility for the care of another he could no longer keep up his role as caregiver for his sick wife

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Recent Examples of caregiver The ministry said that 44 close contacts of the patient have been identified and public health teams are working to identify and monitor people who may have been exposed, including healthcare workers, patients, caregivers and travel contacts. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 In 2025, her office helped nearly 2,000 people with Medicare on the phone alone, including family caregivers. — Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026 Microshifting can be especially helpful to moms, caregivers and anyone who might need to duck out for a few hours on workdays. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 Despite this, Shannon Amos says her father’s his caregivers neglected to seek treatment for 13 hours. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for caregiver

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Noun

There’s also a 5,000-square-foot guesthouse, a caretaker’s residence, and a separate two-bedroom guardhouse.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
After being Claudia’s full-time caretaker for years until her death in 2024 at age 96, Young relocated back to Santa Barbara and cultivated his social media audience by sharing insights into the music business.

— Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of caretaker

Noun

Parents or guardians must still claim and activate those accounts before managing them.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
All the accounts of her story agree that this young heiress, named Maria de Lourdes Fernandes, witnessed the deaths of her parents; her guardian then locked her up and drove her to suicide to get her inheritance.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardian

Noun

Staff and faculty question whether expansion serves low-income communities, while nurses describe severe emergency-room crowding.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
That led to Jackson Healthcare, a behemoth company that provides contract nurses and other workers to hospitals and health systems, including public entities that have helped fuel Jackson’s fortunes with taxpayer money.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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