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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /
NOUN
medical practitioner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expert physician professor scientist specialist surgeon
STRONG
MD bones doc healer intern medic medico quack
WEAK
general practitioner medical person
Antonyms
WEAK
patient
VERB
fix up, treat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
medicate reconstruct revamp
STRONG
administer attend fix mend overhaul rebuild recondition repair supply
WEAK
apply medication do up give treatment patch up
Antonyms
STRONG
hurt ignore neglect
WEAK
harm injure
VERB
adulterate, tamper with
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add to alter falsify fudge misrepresent tamper with
STRONG
change cut deacon debase dilute disguise gloss load sophisticate spike weight
WEAK
dope up mix with water down
Antonyms
STRONG
reveal
WEAK
clean harm hurt injure purify

Example Sentences

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He’s dissuaded every client who’s raised the idea, including a doctor and an educator.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

They had a doctor come to me, which apparently is pretty standard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Two years earlier, 15 players and the team doctor were granted asylum in Uganda after they absconded.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

His mother, Sonia Gittens, took him to his pediatrician, who referred the boy to an eye doctor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"I want you to see a people doctor."

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.