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Doctor

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

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Narrower term 12

Abortionist 76% connected

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

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Extern 76% connected

External; outward; not inherent.

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Hakim 76% connected

A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan.

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Intern 76% connected

Internal.

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Interne 76% connected

That which is within; the interior.

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Quack 76% connected

To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

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Resident 76% connected

Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the…

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Sawbones 76% connected

A nickname for a surgeon.

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Specialist 76% connected

One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye,…

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Surgeon 76% connected

One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or…

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Veterinarian 76% connected

One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.

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Veterinary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.

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Broader term 16

Adulterate 76% connected

To defile by adultery.

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Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Debase 76% connected

To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…

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Dilute 76% connected

To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Scholar 76% connected

One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

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Stretch 76% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Theologian 76% connected

A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.

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Theologist 76% connected

A theologian.

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Theologizer 76% connected

One who theologizes; a theologian.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Manner of action 12

Cobble 76% connected

A fishing boat. See Coble.

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Darn 76% connected

To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

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Fiddle 76% connected

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Heel 76% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Revamp 76% connected

To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.

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Sole 76% connected

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea v…

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Tinker 76% connected

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.

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Vamp 76% connected

To advance; to travel.

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Derivationally related 6

Fixture 74% connected

That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is,…

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Fixture 74% connected

That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is,…

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Mend 74% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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Mend 74% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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Repairer 74% connected

One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

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Repairer 74% connected

One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

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Synonym 7

Bushel 92% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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Fix 92% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Mend 92% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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Physician 92% connected

A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

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Repair 92% connected

To return.

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Restore 92% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

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Sophisticate 92% connected

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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