Doctor
Prefix for graduates
A doctor is a medical professional qualified to diagnose and treat illness: The doctor said I need surgery.
The title extends to holders of doctoral degrees in any field—a doctor of philosophy, a doctor of law—though in everyday speech, doctor without qualification means physician.
To doctor something is to alter or tamper with it: Someone doctored the photograph.
To doctor a drink is to add alcohol or drugs to it secretly.
Curative substance or practice
- patientAble to wait calmly
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
prescription · stethoscope · examination · treatment · surgeon · specialist · practitioner · appointment
Highest academic credential
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- professorSenior university teacher
- scholarLearned, studious person
university · research · academia · postdoc · degree · defense · advisor · committee
Physician's title, abbreviated
- honorificRespectful form of address
- credentialProof of qualification
- salutationExpression of goodwill
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
letters · qualification · professional · distinguished · addressed · formal · courtesy · nameplate
Repair or solution
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- tinkerMender of metal household wares
- mendRestore after damage
- adjustChange to fit better
troubleshoot · patch · tune · calibrate · tweak · service · overhaul · maintain
Interfere harmfully
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- alterMake a modification
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- fabricateInvent or manufacture
falsify · adulterate · counterfeit · fake · distort · modify · spike · contaminate
medicine
Curative substance or practice
diagnosis · prescription · stethoscope · examination · treatment · surgeon · specialist · practitioner · appointment · checkup
PhD
Highest academic credential
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- professorSenior university teacher
scholar · university · research · academia · postdoc · degree · defense · advisor · committee · faculty
Dr
Physician's title, abbreviated
- honorificRespectful form of address
- credentialProof of qualification
- salutationExpression of goodwill
prefix · letters · qualification · professional · distinguished · addressed · formal · courtesy · nameplate · diploma
fix
Repair or solution
adjust · troubleshoot · patch · tune · calibrate · tweak · service · overhaul · maintain · recondition
tamper
Interfere harmfully
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- alterMake a modification
- manipulateControl through clever influence
fabricate · falsify · adulterate · counterfeit · fake · distort · modify · spike · contaminate · rig
Strange
Unusually different or unfamiliar
- FrankensteinGothic novel's mad scientist
- JekyllPhysician with alter ego
- DoolittleOne who idles
Zhivago · Watson · No · House · Spock · Quinn · Dre · Seuss · Manhattan · Evil
Doctorkiller
One who causes death
murderer · executioner · angel of death · poisoner · butcher
- doctor's officeHealthcare provider's workplace
- eye doctorPhysician treating vision
- doctor's ordersPhysician's prescribed instructions
- family doctorPrimary care physician
- doctor's appointment
- doctoral thesisPhD-level scholarly manuscript
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