Definition of doctor

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• doctor is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• doctor is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• doctor is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of doctor

• a licensed medical practitioner (noun)

  Examples

  1. I felt so bad I went to see my doctor

  Synonyms

  1. doc
  2. dr.
  3. md
  4. medico
  5. physician
• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bushel
  2. fix
  3. furbish up
  4. mend
  5. repair
  6. restore
  7. touch on
• a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution (noun)

  Examples

  1. she is a doctor of philosophy in physics

  Synonyms

  1. dr.
• (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. doctor of the church
• alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. doctor up
  2. sophisticate
• children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office (noun)

  Examples

  1. the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor
• give medical treatment to (verb)

See definition of doctor in Merriam Webster