sitter

English Thesaurus

1. a domestic hen ready to brood (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	biddy, hen,
definition	:	adult female chicken (noun.animal)

2. a person who poses for a painter or sculptor (noun.person)

hypernym	:	model, poser,
definition	:	a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor (noun.person)

3. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home (noun.person)

hypernym	:	keeper,
definition	:	someone in charge of other people (noun.person)

4. an organism (person or animal) that sits (noun.person)

hypernym	:	being, organism,
definition	:	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops)

domain category	:	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna,
definition	:	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)

5. Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	astronomer, stargazer, uranologist,
definition	:	a physicist who studies astronomy (noun.person)

6. a person who poses for a painter or sculptor (noun.person)

derivation	:	model, pose, posture, sit,
definition	:	assume a posture as for artistic purposes (verb.perception)

7. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home (noun.person)

derivation	:	baby-sit, sit,
definition	:	work or act as a baby-sitter (verb.social)

8. an organism (person or animal) that sits (noun.person)

antonym	:	stander,
definition	:	an organism (person or animal) that stands (noun.person)

9. a person who poses for a painter or sculptor (noun.person)

derivation	:	model, pose, posture, sit,
definition	:	assume a posture as for artistic purposes (verb.perception)

10. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home (noun.person)

derivation	:	baby-sit, sit,
definition	:	work or act as a baby-sitter (verb.social)

11. an organism (person or animal) that sits (noun.person)

antonym	:	stander,
definition	:	an organism (person or animal) that stands (noun.person)