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- [dok-ter]
- /ˈdɒk tər/
- /ˈdɒktə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dok-ter]
- /ˈdɒk tər/
Definitions of doctor word
- noun doctor a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian. 1
- noun doctor a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree: He is a Doctor of Philosophy. 1
- noun doctor Doctor of the Church. 1
- noun doctor Older Slang. a cook, as at a camp or on a ship. 1
- noun doctor Machinery. any of various minor mechanical devices, especially one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process. 1
- noun doctor Angling. any of several artificial flies, especially the silver doctor. 1
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Origin of doctor
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English docto(u)r (< Anglo-French) < Latin, equivalent to doc(ēre) to teach + -tor -tor
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Parts of speech for Doctor
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
doctor popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
doctor usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for doctor
noun doctor
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- professor — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- scientist — an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.
- quack — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
verb doctor
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- revamp — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
Antonyms for doctor
noun doctor
- patient — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
verb doctor
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
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