Home › Words › D › doctorshipdoctorshipdoctorship means professional position or title of a doctor.EtymologyFrom doctor + -ship.nounProfessional position or title of a doctor.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.doctorhood 71% match — The status or period of being a doctor. vs doctorship →doctorer 68% match — One who doctors. vs doctorship →doctorish 67% match — Of or pertaining to the qualities of a doctor. vs doctorship →doctorishness 66% match — The state or quality of being like a doctor. vs doctorship →professorship 64% match — The office of a professor. vs doctorship →doctory 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a doctor. vs doctorship →doctorially 63% match — By, or in the manner of, a doctor. vs doctorship →doctorial 62% match — doctoral vs doctorship →