doctor - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• doctor

More generic

• child's play
• play

Noun

a licensed medical practitioner

Synonyms

• Dr.
• MD
• doc
• doctor
• medico
• physician

More generic

• medical man
• medical practitioner

More specific

• GP
• abortionist
• allergist
• angiologist
• extern
• gastroenterologist
• general practitioner
• hakeem
• hakim
• house physician
• houseman
• intern
• interne
• medical extern
• medical intern
• medical specialist
• operating surgeon
• primary care physician
• quack
• resident
• resident physician
• sawbones
• specialist
• surgeon
• vet
• veterinarian
• veterinary
• veterinary surgeon

Related

• doctor-patient relation

Noun

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

Synonyms

• Dr.
• doctor

More generic

• bookman
• scholar
• scholarly person
• student

Noun

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

Synonyms

• Doctor
• Doctor of the Church

More generic

• theologian
• theologiser
• theologist
• theologizer

Verb

give medical treatment to

Synonyms

• doctor

More generic

• care for
• treat

More specific

• vet

Verb

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

Synonyms

• bushel
• doctor
• fix
• furbish up
• mend
• repair
• restore
• touch on

More generic

• ameliorate
• amend
• better
• improve
• meliorate

More specific

• cobble
• darn
• fiddle
• fill
• heel
• patch
• patch up
• piece
• point
• reheel
• repoint
• resole
• revamp
• sole
• tinker
• trouble-shoot
• troubleshoot
• vamp

Verb

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

Synonyms

• doctor
• doctor up
• sophisticate

More generic

• adulterate
• debase
• dilute
• load
• stretch

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