Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun minder

2 senses of minder

Sense 1
minder -- (someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors; "I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us")
       => escort -- (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)

Sense 2
babyminder, baby minder, minder -- (a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working)
       => keeper -- (someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?")