Synonyms for doctor
- noun
- verb
Most common
physician dr medic treat veterinary surgeon veterinarian surgeon
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Physician — A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured.…
physician, doc informal, medico informal, dr, medic, treat, physic dated, leech dated
2. Veterinary surgeon — A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals
3. Surgeon
surgeon, medical practitioner, general practitioner, family doctor, sawbones slang
Other
teacher, philosopher, instructor, savant, doctorate dated, allopath rare
Verb
Other
falsify, air brush, sophisticate, adulterate formal dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
- n. 2
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
- n. 3
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.
- v. 1
To act as a medical doctor to.
Her children doctored her back to health.
Related words
- Word family
- doc doctoral doctorese doctoress doctress doctorfish doctorial doctorlike
- Phrases
- snake doctor witch doctor spin doctor water doctor doctor's office doctor up eye doctor family doctor
- Is a kind of
- person
Example sentences
- dr Dr. Patterson also uses spoken language with Koko.
- physician The physician gave me the address of the hospital.
- medic If you don't want to become a doctor, how about a medic?
- veterinarian Boldi showed Martha his veterinarian certificate.
- surgeon She said that the greatest plastic surgeon is God.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| doctor | rising | |
| dr | falling | |
| physician | steady | |
| medic | rising | |
| veterinarian | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- dr1
- 3 letters
- fix1, doc1, vet1
- 4 letters
- mend1
- 5 letters
- treat1, medic2, leech1
- 6 letters
- repair2, neuter2, bushel2, savant2, medico3, physic
- 7 letters
- teacher2, restore2, surgeon2, falsify3
- 8 letters
- sawbones, allopath
- 9 letters
- physician3, doctorate3
- 10 letters
- instructor3, veterinary4, adulterate4
- 11 letters
- philosopher4
- 12 letters
- veterinarian5, sophisticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (medic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- docteur
- Italiano
- dottor
- Deutsch
- Schriftgelehrter