doctor

doctor
n
1. physician, medical practitioner, M.D., medical doctor, medical man, healer, Sl. pill peddlar, Sl. doc; allopath, osteopath, homeopath; surgeon, Sl. sawbones, specialist, consultant; resident, intern; dentist, orthodontist; veterinarian, Inf. vet.
v
2. minister, treat, attend, administer; medicate, prescribe for, remedy; heal, make better, curé, care for.
3. repair, mend, correct, fix, patch up; improve, ameliorate, meliorate, get better; restore, rebuild, make over, rehabilitate, reconstruct; set to right, put in order.
4. falsify, misrepresent, pervert, misstate, misreport, misrender, belie; twist, distort, color, Scot. thraw; tamper with, invert, misconstrue, misconstruct.
5. adulterate, water down, dilute, thin out, weaken, Sl. cut; doctor up, add to, strengthen, mix with, blend, Inf. spike.

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