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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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A doctor told AFP he had donated blood himself.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

But thanks to a thoroughly discredited British doctor who claimed to document changes in behavior in children given the MMR vaccine, creating the so-called “Wakefield effect,” some of this progress has been undone.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

BMA resident doctor leader Dr Jack Fletcher said it was "regrettable" that strike action had been taken again and he was "sorry" for the disruption caused.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The doctor gave us some medicine for Karli and told us that on no account was he to go out in the cold, or travel, until he was completely well again.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo