What is the synonym of the word doctor

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1. doctornoun

   Synonyms:
   medic, veterinary surgeon, general practitioner, family doctor, doc, veterinarian, sawbones, GP, veterinary, surgeon, physician, vet

2. doctornoun

   A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

   Her children doctored her back to health.

   Synonyms:
   family doctor, physician, GP, veterinarian, medic, veterinary, surgeon, sawbones, veterinary surgeon, doc, vet, general practitioner

3. doctornoun

   To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.

   If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see your doctor.

   Synonyms:
   sawbones, vet, veterinary surgeon, doc, veterinarian, GP, veterinary, medic, surgeon, general practitioner, family doctor, physician

4. doctornoun

   To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

   Synonyms:
   vet, veterinary, sawbones, veterinarian, medic, physician, doc, veterinary surgeon, general practitioner, GP, surgeon, family doctor

5. doctorverb

   A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

   Mendel’s discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

   Synonyms:
   medic, doc, veterinary, sawbones, GP, veterinary surgeon, vet, general practitioner, family doctor, physician, surgeon, veterinarian

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., mediconoun

   a licensed medical practitioner

   «I felt so bad I went to see my doctor»

   Synonyms:
   doc, medico, physician, mendelevium, medical student, atomic number 101

2. Doctor of the Church, Doctornoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

   «the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages»

   Synonyms:
   doc, medico, physician

3. doctornoun

   children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician’s office

   «the children explored each other’s bodies by playing the game of doctor»

   Synonyms:
   doc, medico, physician

4. doctor, Dr.verb

   a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

   «she is a doctor of philosophy in physics»

   Synonyms:
   doc, medico, physician

5. sophisticate, doctor, doctor upverb

   alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

   «Sophisticate rose water with geraniol»

   Synonyms:
   pervert, fix, furbish up, twist around, restore, twist, convolute, repair, mend, bushel, sophisticate, doctor up, touch on

6. doctorverb

   give medical treatment to

   Synonyms:
   repair, furbish up, bushel, restore, touch on, mend, fix, sophisticate, doctor up

7. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   «She repaired her TV set»; «Repair my shoes please»

   Synonyms:
   touch, furbish up, cook, desexualise, sterilize, ready, concern, prepare, get, set up, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, secure, pertain, sterilise, gear up, impact, mend, regenerate, vivify, amend, situate, have-to doe with, heal, make, fasten, determine, renovate, bushel, desexualize, reestablish, define, specify, rejuvenate, reconstruct, sophisticate, quicken, refer, desex, affect, unsex, fixate, resort, restore, relate, rectify, touch on, recreate, deposit, remedy, repair, pay back, doctor up, posit, bear on, bear upon, come to, animate, reanimate, limit, revive, restitute, set, fix, pay off, reinstate, indemnify

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic Church
   • Adulterate
   • Child’s Play
   • Improve
   • Medicine
   • Theologian
   • Treat

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1. doctornoun

   Synonyms:
   physician, medical practitioner, leech, homeopath, allopath, interne, externe, savant, (ignorant) quack, empiric

2. doctorverb

   Synonyms:
   repair, treat, (Slang) tamper with, falsify, adulterate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for «doctor»:

   physician, dr., medical, doc, medic, doctors, dr, docteur, physicians, médecin, doctorate, practitioner, doktor, ph.d., phd, medico, -doctor, surgeon

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1. Omar Khayym:

   Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument About it and about but evermore Came out by the same Door as in I went.

2. Mary Jane Minkin:

   If you have a persistent itch, I would say it’s worth seeing a doctor about it.

3. Robert Bertram:

   I asked if I could put my uniform on and walk out on the mat for the last match of my high school career, the doctor said, ‘Yes, as long as there’s no contact.’.

4. Arif Kamal:

   We tell patients that if they have symptoms that do not get better after a few weeks, they should visit a doctor, it doesn’t mean the diagnosis will be cancer, however.

5. Steven Woolf:

   We see it time and time again, one generation after the next, as a doctor, there’s no logical reason a person should be more likely to die from a virus because of their skin color. It’s totally a product of what society has done.

• dokter, doktorAfrikaans
• dɔkotaAkan
• طبيبة, دُكْتور, طَبيبArabic
• həkim, doktorAzerbaijani
• ле́карка, ура́ч, ўрач, до́ктар, ле́карBelarusian
• лекувам, доктор, лекарBulgarian
• ডাক্তারBengali
• metge, metgessaCatalan, Valencian
• лорChechen
• doktor, falzifikovat, lékařCzech
• meddyg, meddygesWelsh
• doktorere, doktor, læge, forfalskeDanish
• Doktorin, Ärztin, Doktor, Mediziner, Arzt, doktorieren, MedizinerinGerman
• ɖɔkta, atikewɔlaEwe
• ιατρός, διδάκτορας, γιατρόςGreek
• doktoro, virdoktoro, virkuracisto, kuracistino, kuracisto, doktorinoEsperanto
• doctora, médico, doctor, médicaSpanish
• arst, doktorEstonian
• osagile, sendagileBasque
• پزشک, دکتر, طبیبPersian
• tohtori, lääkäri, tohtoroidaFinnish
• docteur, médecinFrench
• dochtúirIrish
• ollamh, lèigh, dotair, lighicheScottish Gaelic
• doutor, médicoGalician
• דוקטור, רופא, רופאהHebrew
• डाक्टर, डॉक्टर, चिकित्सकHindi
• doktor, orvosnő, orvos, doktornőHungarian
• բժիշկ, դոկտորArmenian
• doktor, dokterIndonesian
• doktoroIdo
• læknir, doktorIcelandic
• adulterare, falsificare, dottore, dottoressa, Dottor, medico, curare, medicare, addottorareItalian
• 博士, 医者, -先生, 医師Japanese
• დოქტორი, ექიმიGeorgian
• dagitariKikuyu, Gikuyu
• дәрігерKazakh
• nakorsaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
• ពេទ្យ, គ្រូពេទ្យ, មើល, បណ្ឌិត, បរិញ្ញឯកKhmer
• 醫師, 의사Korean
• дарыгерKyrgyz
• medica, medicusLatin
• ແພດ, ທ່ານໝໍ, ຫມໍLao
• daktaras, gydytojas, daktarėLithuanian
• doktore, ārsts, ārste, doktorsLatvian
• tākuta, rataMāori
• лекарка, доктор, докторка, лекарMacedonian
• эмчMongolian
• doktorMalay
• tabib, tabiba, dottor, dottoressaMaltese
• ဆရာဝန်Burmese
• valsificeren, dokter, dokteren, doctor, artsDutch
• legeNorwegian
• azeeʼííłʼíníNavajo, Navaho
• mètgeOccitan
• medyk, doktor, lekarz, lekarkaPolish
• doutor, doutora, médicoPortuguese
• mediRomansh
• doctor, medic, doctorițăRomanian
• до́ктор, врач, ле́карь, ме́дикRussian
• datori, medicuSardinian
• здравник, љекар, liječnica, лечник, лекарка, лијечник, vračitelj, dȍktorica, лечница, vračiteljica, liječnik, lekarka, врачитељица, zdravnik, lečnica, zdravnica, ljekarka, здравница, dȍktor, lekar, lečnik, љекарка, ljekar, лијечница, врачитељ, лекарSerbo-Croatian
• දොස්තරSinhala, Sinhalese
• doktor, lekárSlovak
• zdravnik, doktorica, zdravnica, doktorSlovene
• mjekAlbanian
• ngakaSouthern Sotho
• fiffla med, läkare, manipulera, doktorSwedish
• dokta, daktariSwahili
• மருத்துவர்Tamil
• వైద్యుడుTelugu
• табиб, пизишк, докторTajik
• เวช, แพทย์, ปริญญาเอก, ดุษฎีบัณฑิต, หมอThai
• ዶክተርTigrinya
• врач, wraç, hekimTurkmen
• doktorTagalog
• ngakaTswana
• doktor, hekim, tabipTurkish
• доктор, табибTatar
• تېۋىپ, دوختۇر, دوكتورUyghur, Uighur
• лі́кар, до́кторUkrainian
• ڈاکٹرUrdu
• shifokor, doktor, tabibUzbek
• tiến sĩ, bác sĩ y khoa, bác sĩVietnamese
• hisanan, medinel, sanan, dokan, hidokan, jisanan, jidokan, sanel, dokelVolapük
• medcén, méde, docteur, doctoresseWalloon
• דאָקטאָר, דאָקטערYiddish
• 医生Chinese
• udokotela, umelaphi, inyanga, ugedlaZulu

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