Thesaurus:physician

Thesaurus

physician

English

Noun

Sense: medical doctor trained in human medicine

Synonyms

• doctor
• doc
• leech (archaic)
• physic (obsolete)
• physician
• medic
• medician
• medical doctor

Hyponyms

• general practitioner
• family doctor
• specialist
• dentist
• gynecologist
• internist
• cardiologist
• obstetrician
• anesthesiologist
• pulmonologist
• gastroenterologist
• nephrologist
• urologist
• toxicologist
• osteologist
• gerontologist
• laborist
• geriatrician
• dermatologist
• neurologist
• ophthalmologist
• chiropractor
• psychiatrist
• surgeon
• archiater (historical)
• sawbones

Hypernyms

• worker    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Category:Healthcare occupations

Further reading

• “662. remedy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “physician” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.