Synonyms of surgeon

surgeon

noun

as in physician

a medical professional who performs operations that involve cutting into someone's body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased parts

a brain surgeon

She worked as a surgeon for twenty years.

Related Words

• physician
• doctor
• nurse
• doc
• paramedic
• medic
• anesthesiologist
• radiologist
• plastic surgeon
• pathologist
• ophthalmologist
• gynecologist
• urologist
• medico
• neurologist
• pediatrician
• internist
• clinician
• dermatologist
• obstetrician
• sawbones
• podiatrist
• orthopedist
• family physician
• optometrist
• specialist
• family doctor
• physiatrist
• family practitioner
• resident
• attending
• croaker
• hospitalist
• nurse-practitioner
• ob-gyn
• general practitioner
• intern
• physiotherapist
• EMT
• physical therapist
• aidman

Dissimilar Words

• nonphysician
• nondoctor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surgeon

Teng spends time with Mark Perlmutter, a North Carolina surgeon who, like Teng’s other subjects, volunteers in Gaza, treating the many who have been severely injured in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

People flock from all corners of the country to see Mathew Varghese, a surgeon who has perhaps become the nation’s preeminent specialist for polio patients. — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

For those participating in the trial, surgeons had already removed their tumors, and everyone had been treated with Keytruda, the standard immunotherapy. — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

It was developed through the Midpoint Series Launch and is a Cold War thriller about the career of Latvian surgeon Viktors Kalnbērzs, who performed the Soviet Union’s first gender-affirming surgery in Riga in the early 1970s. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026