DOCTORS Synonyms: 190 Similar and Opposite Words

doctors 1 of 2

noun

plural of doctor

as in physicians

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders we called a doctor as soon as we realized the baby was sick

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verb

present tense third-person singular of doctor

as in treats

to give medical treatment to a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again

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to put into good shape or working order again spends his spare time doctoring old clocks

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as in tailors

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience

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Recent Examples of doctors

Noun

Meanwhile, doctors working in eastern DRC are hammering home the message that people should avoid touching anyone who may have Ebola, stop unnecessary physical contact like hugging with anyone, and avoid touching dead animals. —

Erikas Mwisi, CNN Money, 24 May 2026 The doctors are meticulous about the medical side of operations, spending two years cherry picking the best new technologies and recruiting a team of doctors and therapists from some of Europe’s most respected spas, including Lanserhof, Chenot, and the Mayr clinics. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026 Most of the 50 athletes competing in track, swimming and weightlifting are taking performance enhancers under the watchful eye of doctors and trainers. —

ABC News, 23 May 2026 Skeptical doctors say that’s exactly the problem. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026 Within 30 minutes of her CT scan a month ago, Trina Gregory says, doctors flooded her hospital room. —

Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026 Virtually all of them are written by women, often treated horribly by doctors. —

Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 In 2023, the FDA during the Biden administration cited COVID and changed the rules, which had required women to see their doctors and receive mifepristone in-person. —

Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 17 May 2026 Celebrities may have big glam squads and access to the best doctors and treatment teams in the world, but that doesn't prevent them from experiencing the same skin struggles as the rest of us. —

Beth Shapouri, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026

Verb

After her godson doctors her résumé, Maya lands a C-suite job at a beauty company and almost immediately makes an enemy out of the boss’ daughter. —

James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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Even more striking, dermatologists were more than 13 times as likely as primary care physicians to accurately diagnose melanoma using dermoscopic imaging.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
But Mailyan billed and received payments for thousands of injections that were never provided or were provided only for cosmetic purposes or for patients whose primary care physicians had not referred them for treatment of chronic migraines, per the release.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026