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Antonyms for doctor
ˈdɒk tərdoc·tor

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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 WordNet1.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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

How to use doctor in a sentence?

  1. Maria Zapata:

    It makes me feel bad, because you go to a doctor trusting in them, i felt bad because he was practically inventing things.

  2. Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott:

    On Monday, I met with Vice President in Miami, and while I do not believe I interacted with the infected person, that individual was in the same room as me, after consulting with the Senate's attending physician and my personal doctor, I have been told that my risk is low, and I don't need to take a test or quarantine. However, the health and safety of the American people is my focus and I have made the decision to self-quarantine in an abundance of caution.

  3. Ardie Sayers:

    Like the doctor at the Mayo Clinic said, 'Yes, a part of this has to be on football,' it wasn't so much getting hit in the head. ... It's just the shaking of the brain when they took him down with the force they play the game in.

  4. The Columbia University graduate student:

    As a student, I dont really have time to spend three hours waiting to see a doctor, and this was so easy.

  5. Pakistan Bergen:

    The idea was the doctor and his staff would take DNA samples from the Bin Laden kids as part of this 'vaccination program,' that never happened because the kids never came out.

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