MEDIC Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

medic

noun

ˈme-dik

Definition of medic

as in doctor

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders the wounded soldier called for a medic

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Recent Examples of medic Igoe said medics arrived and pronounced her dead at the scene. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The child was treated by medics on scene and taken to Cook Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026 As a young medic in the US, Soldner saw those drawings when his division liberated the camp. — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The garden and museum honor military veterans, firefighters, law enforcement officers, medics, and service animals. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medic

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Noun

Ramisa's mother, Ranu Akhter, traveled hundreds of miles after doctors in eastern Bangladesh referred her to a specialized child hospital in Dhaka to seek treatment for the life-threatening condition.

— JULHAS ALAM, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
The mindfulness content will include meditation exercises, but also content from doctors, therapists and psychologists, not to mention former ABC News correspondent Dan Harris, who left ABC five years ago to focus on his meditation company.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

Sabinah Mohyuddin was getting her kids ready for school in Clarksville, Tennessee, while her husband, a cancer physician, was still asleep.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
With physical illness, there is usually no dispute among physicians as to its existence or non-existence.

— Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026