caretaker
/ˈkɛəˌteɪ.kə/US/ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/
caretaker noun: someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
Noun
caretaker (plural caretakers)
- Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
- Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.
- ‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker.’1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 11
- Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).
- Synonyms:
- caregiver
Adjective
caretaker (not comparable)
- Temporary, on a short term basis.
- Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.
- Sources within Sánchez’s caretaker administration claim the amnesty law is perfectly in keeping with the Socialist-led government’s efforts to calm tensions and find a political solution to the so-called Catalan question.2023 November 15, Sam Jones, “Acting Spanish PM on verge of second term after controversial Catalan amnesty deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- interim
caretaker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
caretaker in Hindi
- one who takes care of a place or thing
- पालक pālak
- temporary, on a short term basis
- कार्यवाहक kāryavāhak
caretaker in Tamil
- பொறுப்பாளர், காவற்பணிப் பொறுப்பாளர், கட்டட மேற்பார்வைப் பொறுப்பாளர்
caretaker in Urdu
- caretaker
- چوپان caupān
caretaker in Bengali
- caretaker; interim
- অস্থায়ী ôsthayi
More languagesFewer languages
- caretaker in Malayalam
- താത്കാലിക നിയന്ത്രണാധികാരമുള്ള, മേൽനോട്ടക്കാരൻ
- caretaker in Kannada
- ಕಾವಲುಗಾರ, ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವವ, ಆರೈಕೆಗಾರ, ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವವನು
- caretaker in Gujarati
- કેરટેકર
- caretaker in Nepali
- कार्यवाहक
- caretaker in Arabic
- مُحَافِظ muḥāfiẓ
Examples of caretaker in a sentence
- The cabinet had only demissionary status and powers as a caretaker government.
- The caretaker lives on the premises.
- Two PKR caretaker menteris besar will defend their seats in the upcoming state elections.
Synonyms of caretaker
Forms of caretaker
| plural | caretakers |
|---|
Origin of caretaker
From care + taker.
Words formed from caretaker
Phrases with caretaker
Questions about caretaker
- What does caretaker mean?
- Caretaker means someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
- What is caretaker in Hindi?
- Caretaker in Hindi is पालक (pālak), कार्यवाहक (kāryavāhak). See Caretaker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is caretaker?
- Caretaker can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce caretaker?
- Caretaker is pronounced /ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of caretaker?
- The plural of caretaker is caretakers.
Words near caretaker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: caretaker (page history and authors); caretaker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چوپان (Urdu) (page history and authors); অস্থায়ী (Bengali) (page history and authors); caretaker (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); caretaker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); caretaker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caretaker (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caretaker.wav.
Cite this entry: “caretaker.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/caretaker. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.