Synonyms 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 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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. doctornoun

   Synonyms:
   instructor, teacher

2. doctornoun

   Synonyms:
   adept, savant, learned man

3. doctornoun

   Synonyms:
   physician, medical practitioner

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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. Trina Abrams:

   The doctor diagnosed him with a possible left wrist fracture, he had a confirmed sprain in one of his wrists.

2. Joel Ramsey:

   The program was intense, it was like studying to be a doctor.

3. Bennet Omalu:

   I find it extremely unusual that an outside doctor is reviewing an autopsy report and is coming out to state( I) am wrong, a doctor can not say another doctor is wrong. All you can say is I don't agree with the opinion of that doctor.

4. Charlie Manuel:

   There's no pressure in baseball. Pressure is when the doctor is getting ready to cut you, take your heart out, and put it on a table.

5. New Jersey:

   Aside from an ongoing Ethics Committee probe, the legal cloud over Menendez appears to be lifting. But he still faces political headwinds in his bid this year for a third Senate term and in his purported attempt to retain the committee post. Menendez’s net approval rating among registered voters has fallen 20 points since the start of 2017 -- the biggest decline of any senator up for 2018 reelection, according to a recent Morning Consult poll based on a survey from October through December 2017. New Jersey voters will continue to be reminded of Menendez's dishonest schemes as the election approaches in November, Republican National Committee spokesman Bob Salera recently said. If Menendez indeed reclaims his top post on the foreign relations committee, he would push aside Maryland New Jersey Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, who now occupies the ranking-member post. The liberal wing of New Jersey Democratic also has expressed concern about Menendez’s return, considering he’s regarded as more moderate than Ben Cardin. Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, did not support former President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve diplomatic relations with the Cuban government or the Iran nuclear deal, brokered by the Obama administration. Federal prosecutors decided two weeks ago not to retry Menendez on corruption charges, after their case ended last fall in a hung jury. Menendez, 64, was charged with trading his political influence for gifts and campaign contributions from Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen. He denied the allegations all along. The prosecutors ’ decision ended Menendez and Melgen’s 11-week trial and their roughly five-year investigation. From the very beginning, I never wavered in my innocence and my belief that justice would prevail, Menendez said after prosecutors dropped the case. I am grateful that the Department of Justice has taken the time to re-evaluate its case and come to the appropriate conclusion. However, The New Jersey Democratic senator also issued a warning last year to those who were eager to replace The New Jersey Democratic senator in the Senate. To those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, I know who you are and I wo n’t forget you.