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Synonyms of doctor in English:

doctor


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See Spanish definition of médico

noun

1‘Tim isn't well but he refuses to see a doctor’

SYNONYMS
physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, MD
surgeon
informal doc, medic, medico, quack
archaic leech, sawbones

verb

1‘he doctored the horses' wounds with some strong-smelling salve’

SYNONYMS
treat, medicate, dose, soothe, cure, heal
tend, attend to, minister to, administer to, care for, take care of, nurse

2‘he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks’

SYNONYMS
adulterate, contaminate, taint, tamper with, lace, mix, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken
informal spike, dope, cut, slip a Mickey Finn into
rare vitiate

3‘the reports are bland and could have been doctored’

SYNONYMS
falsify, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, manipulate, massage, rig, alter, change
forge, fake, trump up
fudge, pervert, distort
informal cook, juggle
British informal fiddle, fiddle with