Home › Words › D › doctorizedoctorizedoctorize · verb — to work as a doctor.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyDoctor + -izeverbTo work as a doctor.e.g.“I still continued to doctorize with great eclat, till very lately I have been disabled by ill health.” — 1803, John Bristed, The Adviser, page 173:To treat medically, as a doctor.e.g.“"Enough, my friend," said I, "you have enough to doctorize the whole town of St. Louis. […]"” — 1868, Henry Marie Brackenridge, Recollections of Persons and Places in the West, page 235:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.doctorer 73% match — One who doctors. vs doctorize →doctorese 66% match — The jargon used by medical doctors. vs doctorize →doctorish 64% match — Of or pertaining to the qualities of a doctor. vs doctorize →doctorlike 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a doctor. vs doctorize →doctorly 61% match — In the manner of a doctor. vs doctorize →doctoring 61% match — Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine. vs doctorize →doctorishness 60% match — The state or quality of being like a doctor. vs doctorize →doctory 59% match — Resembling or characteristic of a doctor. vs doctorize →