caregiver
/ˈkɛəɡɪvə/US/ˈkɛɹɡɪvɚ/
caregiver noun: a carer; a person who looks after another person.
Noun
caregiver (plural caregivers)
- A carer; a person who looks after another person.
- The coronavirus has turned caregivers around the world into homeschoolers.2020 March 16, Matt Villano, “How ‘regular school’ parents can homeschool their kids”, in CNN
- ‘Caregivers in this role can suffer as much as the patients. It can be very stressful.’2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 76
caregiver meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
caregiver in Hindi
- देखभाल करने वाला, देखभाल करनेवाला
caregiver in Tamil
- கவனிப்பாளர்
caregiver in Marathi
- काळजी घेणारा, काळजीवाहू
caregiver in Urdu
- نگہداشت کرنے والا
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- caregiver in Bengali
- পরিচর্যাকারী, দেখাশোনাকারী
- caregiver in Malayalam
- പരിചരണം നൽകുന്നയാൾ, പരിചരണം നൽകുന്നവൻ
- caregiver in Kannada
- ಆರೈಕೆ ಮಾಡುವವನು, ಆರೈಕೆ ಮಾಡುವವ
- caregiver in Punjabi
- ਦੇਖਭਾਲ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- caregiver in Gujarati
- સંભાળ રાખનાર, સંભાળ આપનાર
- caregiver in Odia
- ଯତ୍ନ ନେଉଥିବା ବ୍ଯ଼କ୍ତି
- caregiver in Nepali
- हेरचाहकर्ता
Examples of caregiver in a sentence
- Caregivers also described having to “jump through hoops” to accomplish what they needed.
- Vanity is one of the hardest working and most reliable caregivers we have ever had.
- Thus, while part of the caring responsibilities is socially defamilialized, mothers remain the primary caregivers.
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Forms of caregiver
| plural | caregivers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | care-giver |
Origin of caregiver
From care + giver.
Words formed from caregiver
Questions about caregiver
- What does caregiver mean?
- Caregiver means a carer; a person who looks after another person.
- What is caregiver in Hindi?
- Caregiver in Hindi is देखभाल करने वाला, देखभाल करनेवाला. See Caregiver meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is caregiver?
- Caregiver is a noun.
- How do you pronounce caregiver?
- Caregiver is pronounced /ˈkɛəɡɪvə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of caregiver?
- The plural of caregiver is caregivers.
Words near caregiver in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: caregiver (page history and authors); caregiver (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caregiver (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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