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doctor / Doctor > 7 senses
NOUN1doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medicoA licensed medical practitioner
2Doctor, Doctor of the Church(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
3doctorChildren take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
4doctor, Dr.A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
VERB1doctor, sophisticate, doctor upAlter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
2doctorGive medical treatment to
3doctor, repair, mend, fix, bushel, furbish up, restore, touch onRestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
doctor / Doctor > pronunciation
Soundsdaa'kter; dao'kter
Rhymesabductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 628 more rhymes in ter...
doctor > noun 1, person
MeaningA licensed medical practitioner.
Examples"I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
Synonymsdoc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
Member ofdoctor-patient relation
Broadermedical practitioner, medical man
Narrowerabortionist; allergist; angiologist; extern, medical extern; gastroenterologist; general practitioner, GP; hakim, hakeem; house physician, resident, resident physician; intern, interne, houseman, medical intern; primary care physician; quack; specialist, medical specialist; surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones; veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet
InstancesAverroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd; Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina; Barany, Robert Barany; Bartholin, Caspar Bartholin; Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce; Crohn, Burrill Bernard Crohn; Down, John L. H. Down; Eijkman, Christiaan Eijkman; Fallot, Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot; Gilbert, William Gilbert; Harvey, William Harvey; Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin; Huntington, George Huntington; Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs; Jenner, Edward Jenner; Klinefelter, Harry F. Klinefelter, Harry Fitch Kleinfelter; Lozier, Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier; Manson, Sir Patrick Manson; Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer, Friedrich Anton Mesmer; Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim; Roget, Peter Mark Roget; Ross, Sir Ronald Ross; Rush, Benjamin Rush; Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer; Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw; Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson; Sydenham, Thomas Sydenham, English Hippocrates; Willebrand, von Willebrand, E. A. von Willebrand, Erik von Willebrand, Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Adjectivesdoctorial
Verbsdoctor
Doctor > noun 2, person
Meaning(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching.
Examples"the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
SynonymsDoctor of the Church
CategoryRoman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
Broadertheologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
InstancesAmbrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose; Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas; Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great; Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo; Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great; Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede; Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great; Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen; Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus; Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom
doctor > noun 3, act
MeaningChildren take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office.
Examples"the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
Broaderplay, child's play
doctor > noun 4, person
MeaningA person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution.
Examples"she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
SynonymsDr.
Broaderscholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
Adjectivesdoctoral, doctorial
doctor > verb 1, change
MeaningAlter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymssophisticate, doctor up
Broaderadulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
doctor > verb 2, body
MeaningGive medical treatment to.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Categorymedicine, practice of medicine
Broadertreat, care for
Narrowervet
Nounsdoctor
doctor > verb 3, change
MeaningRestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsrepair, mend, fix, bushel, furbish up, restore, touch on
Contrarybreak, bust
Broaderbetter, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Narrowertinker, fiddle; fill; piece, patch; cobble; point, repoint; trouble-shoot; patch, patch up; sole, resole; vamp, revamp; heel, reheel; darn
Entailed byoverhaul, modernize, modernise

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