Antonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic Church
   • Adulterate
   • Child's Play
   • Improve
   • Medicine
   • Theologian
   • Treat

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to use doctor in a sentence?

1. Zbigniew Ziobro:

   If he was just a regular guy, a teacher, doctor, plumber, decorator, then I'm sure he'd have been deported from any country to the U.S. a long time ago.

2. Tim Ryan:

   Look, the attending physician of the United States Capitol, the top doctor for Congress, asks us to put on masks when we come to a chamber with 435 people, i hate these things. Absolutely. It was terrible having to put this back on. And we do it because the top doctor for all of us asked us to.

3. Andrew Freund:

   I got back from the doctor's appointment and I checked in on him to say good morning and he wasn't there.

4. John Mafi:

   And most important (counseling on) just leading an overall healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and getting plenty of exercise. and when they can identify all the different triggers in their life, they can make active changes that actually prevent headaches from starting, which could actually lessen the need for more tests, medications and even doctor visits.

5. Michael Steinman:

   If a person is talking with their doctor about the medications they’re using, they should be talking about all the medications they’re using.

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