CROAKER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

croaker

noun

ˈkrō-kər

as in doctor

slang a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health

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Recent Examples of croaker In the end, nothing more exciting than some shad and small croaker hit the planks that day, according to Jennette’s. —

Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2025 Choose from croaker, flounder, perch or whiting on a bun with tartar sauce. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025 The restaurant delivers diners sophisticated dishes like duck and yellow croaker ceviche. —

Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2024 Do not believe these croakers but give the lie to their dismal croaking by showing by our actions that the vigor and vitality of our race is unimpaired and that our determination is to uphold the empire . . . —

Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for croaker

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Minnelli haggled with doctors for extra pills, was left home alone with her infant sister, and once used garden shears to slice open a screen window when Garland locked herself in a bathroom, threatening to overdose.

— Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
Gilbert had a few cancer scares in the early 2010s, with the guitarist even getting part of his thyroid removed after doctors discovered some suspicious cells.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026