Synonyms for surgeon

Most common

doctor

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

   The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.

Related words

Word family

surgeoncy surgeonfish surgeonship

Phrases

brain surgeon veterinary surgeon cosmetic surgeon rocket surgeon aesthetic surgeon heart surgeon orthopedic surgeon plastic surgeon

Forms

Plural

surgeons → doctors, cutters, sawboneses, chirurgeons…

Example sentences

• doctor You'd better go to see your family doctor at once.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

doctor², cutter²

8 letters

sawbones

10 letters

chirurgeon

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doctor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

chirurgien

Español

cirujano