doctor
noun
[ ˈdɒktə ]
• a person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.
• "Doctor Thornhill"
Similar:
physician,
medical practitioner,
medical man,
medical woman,
clinician,
doctor of medicine,
MD,
surgeon,
doc,
medic,
medico,
quack,
leech,
sawbones,
• a person who holds the highest university degree.
• "he was made a Doctor of Divinity"
• an artificial fishing fly.
• a cool onshore breeze that blows regularly in a particular warm location.
• "the Perth doctor blows towards evening off the Indian Ocean"
doctor
verb
• change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.
• "the reports could have been doctored"
Similar:
falsify,
tamper with,
tinker with,
interfere with,
manipulate,
massage,
rig,
alter,
change,
forge,
fake,
trump up,
fudge,
pervert,
distort,
cook,
juggle,
fiddle (with),
• treat (someone) medically.
• "I will doctor him everyday until he is better"
Similar:
treat,
medicate,
dose,
soothe,
cure,
heal,
tend,
attend to,
minister to,
administer to,
care for,
take care of,
nurse,
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
