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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as in repairs

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

And a health system’s ability to schedule surgeries is gated not just by the availability of doctors and nurses, but also by its ability to maintain a constant flow of clean, reusable medical tools to its operating rooms. —

Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026 Inside, the ship functions like a floating city, with pilots, flight crews, cooks, doctors and firefighters all working around the clock while deployed around the world. —

Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026 By the time rescuers arrived, her legs were so badly damaged that doctors had no choice but to amputate them. —

Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 Say your parents, both doctors, were born in West Africa. —

Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 More bottled oxygen and medical supplies were dotted up the mountain, specialist expedition doctors were hired, and turnaround times enforced. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 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 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

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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The biotech company Revolution Medicines has begun sending its experimental, life-extending treatment for pancreatic cancer to physicians and their patients under an early access program authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, the company’s CEO, Mark Goldsmith, told STAT.

— Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 30 May 2026
The previous name, polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is imprecise and confusing to patients, families and physicians.

— Melanie Cree, The Conversation, 29 May 2026