nursing: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 8 letter points · starts with N · ends with G
Meaning of nursing
adj
In the state of suckling young, lactating.
Example: The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
Referring to nurses.
Example: The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.
Source: Wiktionary — nursing.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
- countable, uncountable
The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
Example: She went into nursing as a career.
Listed forms: nursings.
Source: Wiktionary — nursing.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of nurse
Base or related entry: nurse.
Example: The mother sat there nursing her baby.
Source: Wiktionary — nursing.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for nursing.
noun
nourishing at the breast
- breast feeding
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is nursing in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of nursing
N(1) + U(1) + R(1) + S(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of nursing
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from nursing
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