doctor

Noun

• a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
  • she is a doctor of philosophy in physics
    

• 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
    

• (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
    

• a licensed medical practitioner
  • I felt so bad I went to see my doctor
    

Verb

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  • She repaired her TV set
    
  • Repair my shoes please
    

• give medical treatment to

• alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
  • Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Dr. , Doctor of the Church , Doctor , doc , physician , MD , medico , repair , mend , fix , bushel , furbish up , restore , touch on , sophisticate , doctor up
• Antonyms: 
  break , bust