English noun: doctor |
| 1. | doctor (person) a licensed medical practitioner |
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| Samples | I felt so bad I went to see my doctor.
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| Synonyms | doc, Dr., MD, medico, physician |
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| Broader (hypernym) | medical man, medical practitioner |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abortionist, allergist, angiologist, extern, gastroenterologist, general practitioner, GP, hakeem, hakim, house physician, houseman, intern, interne, medical extern, medical intern, medical specialist, operating surgeon, primary care physician, quack, resident, resident physician, sawbones, specialist, surgeon, vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon |
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| Instance hyponym | Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, Albert Schweitzer, Aletta Jacobs, Anna Howard Shaw, Averroes, Avicenna, Barany, Bartholin, Benjamin Rush, Bruce, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Caspar Bartholin, Christiaan Eijkman, Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier, Crohn, David Bruce, Down, E. A. von Willebrand, Edward Jenner, Eijkman, English Hippocrates, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Erik von Willebrand, Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot, Fallot, Franz Anton Mesmer, Friedrich Anton Mesmer, George Huntington, Gilbert, Harry F. Klinefelter, Harry Fitch Kleinfelter, Harvey, Hodgkin, Huntington, ibn-Roshd, ibn-Sina, Jacobs, Jenner, John L. H. Down, Klinefelter, Lozier, Manson, Mesmer, Paracelsus, Peter Mark Roget, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Robert Barany, Roget, Ross, Rush, Schweitzer, Shaw, Simpson, Sir David Bruce, Sir James Young Simpson, Sir Patrick Manson, Sir Ronald Ross, Sydenham, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, Thomas Hodgkin, Thomas Sydenham, von Willebrand, Willebrand, William Gilbert, William Harvey |
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| Member meronym | doctor-patient relation |
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| 2. | Doctor (person) (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching |
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| Samples | The Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages.
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| Synonyms | Doctor of the Church |
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| Broader (hypernym) | theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer |
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| Instance hyponym | Ambrose, Aquinas, Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Baeda, Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, Beda, Bede, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Gregory, Gregory, Gregory I, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, Gregory the Great, Hieronymus, Irenaeus, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Saint Ambrose, Saint Athanasius, Saint Augustine, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, Saint Gregory I, Saint Irenaeus, Saint Jerome, Saint Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Ambrose, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Baeda, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great, St. Beda, St. Bede, St. Gregory I, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Irenaeus, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, St. Thomas, St. Thomas Aquinas, the Venerable Bede, Thomas Aquinas |
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| Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church |
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| 3. | doctor (act) children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office |
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| Samples | The children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor.
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| Broader (hypernym) | child's play, play |
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| 4. | doctor (person) a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution |
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| Samples | She is a doctor of philosophy in physics.
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| Synonyms | Dr. |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student |
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English verb: doctor |
| 1. | doctor (change) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive |
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| Samples | Sophisticate rose water with geraniol.
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| Synonyms | doctor up, sophisticate |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch |
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| 2. | doctor (body) give medical treatment to |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | care for, treat |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | vet |
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| Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine |
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| 3. | doctor (change) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken |
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| Samples | She repaired her TV set.
Repair my shoes please.
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| Synonyms | bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cobble, darn, fiddle, fill, heel, patch, patch, patch up, piece, point, reheel, repoint, resole, revamp, sole, tinker, trouble-shoot, troubleshoot, vamp |
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| Antonyms | bust, break |
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