caretakers
Those who maintain property
Caretakers are people who look after something or someone.
A caretaker may tend to property: The caretakers live in a cottage on the estate.
Or caretakers may provide care for children, the elderly, or the ill—though caregiver is more common for this sense in American English.
A caretaker government or administration is temporary, holding power until a permanent one takes over.
Guardian of a place
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- stewardManager for another
- overseerOne who monitors work
trustee · conservator · curator · chaperone · watchman · sentinel · keeper · guardian
Medical caretaking profession
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
hospice · eldercare · homecare · respite · convalescence · wellness · bandaging · bathing
Providing personnel for positions
- employmentPaid occupation status
- serviceAid or maintenance
- agencyPower to act
- aideSupporting staff member
assistant · provider · worker · volunteer · trained · certified · licensed · hired
Concern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- patienceCalm during delays
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
kindness · mothering · fathering · fostering · bonding · tenderness · devotion · warmth
Property maintenance worker
- janitorBuilding cleaner and maintainer
- superintendentChief administrative official
- handymanVersatile home repairer
- upkeepOngoing preservation effort
repair · cleaning · servicing · inspection · preservation · landscaping · property · building
custodian
Guardian of a place
overseer · trustee · conservator · curator · chaperone · watchman · sentinel · keeper · guardian · defender
nursing
Medical caretaking profession
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- medicineCurative substance or practice
palliative · hospice · eldercare · homecare · respite · convalescence · wellness · bandaging · bathing · feeding
staffing
Providing personnel for positions
- employmentPaid occupation status
- serviceAid or maintenance
- agencyPower to act
aide · assistant · provider · worker · volunteer · trained · certified · licensed · hired · live-in
compassion
Concern for others' distress
gentleness · kindness · mothering · fathering · fostering · bonding · tenderness · devotion · warmth · attentiveness
groundskeeper
Property maintenance worker
- janitorBuilding cleaner and maintainer
- superintendentChief administrative official
- handymanVersatile home repairer
upkeep · repair · cleaning · servicing · inspection · preservation · landscaping · property · building · facilities
nanny
Hired child caretaker
- au pairForeign live-in childcare worker
- babysitterHired child caretaker
- governessPrivate household teacher
daycare · nursery · preschool · pediatric · supervision · playtime · feeding · diapering · bedtime · schoolwork
- caretakersguardian, minder, custodian, custodians, keeper
- guardiansguardian angel, protector, protectors, guardians, keeper
- sanctuarykeepers, volunteers, enclosures, visitor centers, donations
- orphanagesorphanage, orphan, foundling, foundlings, waif
- responsible partiesfiduciaries, trustees, guardians, stewards, executors
- holy womenabbesses, Virgin Mary, Saint Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Teresa
caretakersowners
Those holding legal title
proprietors · landlords · titleholders · principals · masters
caretakersdestroyers
Fast armed naval vessels
abusers · vandals · saboteurs · exploiters · abandoners
caretakerspermanent residents
People living somewhere long-term
incumbents · principals · heirs · successors