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Another word for doctor

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Verb

  1. To give medical aid to

    See also:

    help

    health

  2. To restore to proper condition or functioning

    Idioms:
    See also:

    help

  3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration

    See also:

    true

  4. To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances

    See also:

    clean

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for doctor

Noun

  1. A medical practitioner

    See also:

    medicine

    dentist

  2. A holder of a doctoral degree

    See also:

    scientist

    scholar

    professor

    degree

Verb

  1. To treat

    See also:

    treat

  2. To change deceptively

    See also:

    disguise

    corrupt

    adulterate

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The doctor called today to see if my condition had improved with the medication.

  • The doctor seemed tired and in a hurry.

  • Helen had a letter this morning from her uncle, Doctor Keller.

  • "Pneumonia", the doctor said, confirming Alex's fears.

  • His health was better in the winter, but last spring his wound reopened and the doctor said he ought to go away for a cure.

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