Synonyms for vet
vɛtvet

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1. veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vetnoun

   a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

   Synonyms:
   veterinary surgeon, veterinary, veteran, veterinarian, ex-serviceman

2. veteran, vet, ex-servicemanverb

   a person who has served in the armed forces

   Synonyms:
   stager, veterinary, old hand, old stager, veteran, veterinary surgeon, veteran soldier, warhorse, veterinarian, old-timer, oldtimer, ex-serviceman

3. vetverb

   work as a veterinarian

   "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"

4. vetverb

   examine carefully

   "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"

5. vetverb

   provide (a person) with medical care

6. vetverb

   provide veterinary care for

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Care For
   • Doctor
   • Inspect
   • Medicine

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1. List of paraphrases for "vet":

   eff, veterinary, veterinarian, efp, fep, gfs, s.e.o., pme, pia, veteran, veto

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How to use vet in a sentence?

1. The GOP nominee:

   These attacks and many others were made possible because of our extremely open immigration system, which fails to properly vet and screen the individuals or families coming into our country.

2. Bill Clinton:

   I gotta pay our bills, we do our best to vet them. And I have turned down a lot of them. If I think there's something wrong with it, I don't take it.

3. Larry Kudlow:

   Stephen Moore, we continue to back Stephen Moore, continue to back Stephen Moore. Stephen Moore's in the process being vetted by the FBI and so forth, and if Stephen Moore gets through that, we will nominate Stephen Moore formally and then Stephen Moore'll go to the Senate Banking Committee and they'll vet Stephen Moore also.

4. Donald Trump:

   In this era of worldwide terrorism and extremist movements bent on harming innocent civilians, we must properly vet those coming into our country.

5. Al Jean:

   We thought it'd be interesting if both Bart and Skinner have a crush on the same woman, she feels Skinner is a wounded soul that she wants to take care of. She is a vet like Skinner, and that's his attraction.