DOC Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

doc

noun

ˈdäk

as in doctor

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc

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Recent Examples of doc Amazon Prime Video is among the better streaming services for finding high-quality documentaries, from illuminating Oscar nominees like Super Size Me (2024) to celebrity bio-docs like Val (2021) and Lucy and Desi (2022). —

Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026 But on Memorial Day, the cable stalwart will debut a documentary series altogether more ambitious than any of the stand-alone History Channel WWII docs Tony Soprano used to binge. —

Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026 While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface. —

Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 See a doc, save a prostate Prostate-specific antigen blood testing — a procedure once thought to do more harm than good for prostate cancer — likely reduces the risk of deaths from the disease, according to a new review published Thursday. —

O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for doc

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Noun

Nurses, doctors and pharmacists, as well as health groups such as the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Cancer Society (ACS), had the broad support of 80 percent or more of respondents.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
Ferguson explained that Brown would be assigned a medical doctor who will evaluate him.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026