1. doctor - noun
· a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
Synonym(s): doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
Hypernym(s): medical_practitioner, medical_man
2. doctor - noun
· (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
Synonym(s): Doctor_of_the_Church, Doctor
Hypernym(s): theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
3. doctor - noun
· children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
Hypernym(s): play, child%27s_play
4. doctor - noun
· a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
Synonym(s): Dr.
Hypernym(s): scholar, scholarly_person, bookman, student
5. doctor - verb
· alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
Synonym(s): sophisticate, doctor_up
Hypernym(s): load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
6. doctor - verb
· give medical treatment to
7. doctor - verb
· restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
Synonym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, furbish_up, restore, touch_on
Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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