Synonyms of wet-nursing

wet-nursing

verb

present participle of wet-nurse

1

as in nursing

to give milk to from the breast

wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nursing
• suckling
• breast-feeding
• bottle-feeding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weaning

2

as in spoiling

to treat with great or excessive care

recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoiling
• nursing
• indulging
• cockering
• pampering
• pleasing
• dandling
• babying
• satisfying
• mothering
• coddling
• catering (to)
• mollycoddling
• cosseting
• appeasing
• delighting
• humoring
• gratifying
• contenting
• soothing
• obliging
• placating
• gladdening
• mollifying
• pacifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlling
• abusing
• maltreating
• restraining
• mistreating
• mishandling
• misusing
• disciplining
• manhandling
• ill-using
• oppressing
• neglecting
• violating
• overlooking
• ill-treating
• slighting
• hurting
• molesting
• tormenting
• harassing
• torturing
• harming
• injuring
• persecuting
• outraging
• victimizing