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Nouns (19)

n. children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"

church, church service

n. a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"

church, church building

n. a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

church, clergy

n. in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

doctor, Dr.

n. a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"

Doctor

n. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"

church, faith, religion

n. an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"

doctor, MD, doc, physician, Dr., medico

n. a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

Verbs (14)

church

v. perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"

doctor

v. give medical treatment to

doctor, sophisticate, adulterate, doctor up

v. alter with the intention to deceive

fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

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Fuzzynyms (131)

rite, religious rite

n. an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

discourse, sermon, preaching

n. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

mass, people, multitude, masses, hoi polloi

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

faith, religion, religious belief

n. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

denomination

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

foul, pollute, contaminate, make impure

v. make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

taint, infect

v. contaminate with a disease or microorganism

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

warp, falsify, distort, garble

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

abuse, misuse, pervert

v. change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

fake, wangle, fudge, cook, manipulate, falsify, play with, misrepresent, tamper with

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

model, simulate, reenact, re-enact

v. create again

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

manufacture, construct, fabricate

v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

lift, plagiarize, plagiarise

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

perform, give a performance

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

act, play, represent

v. play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

disguise, cause not to be recognized

v. make unrecognizable; "The herb disguises the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"

camouflage, provide with a camouflage, disguise by camouflaging

v. disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something; "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"

misrepresent, belie, represent falsely

v. represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

defile, taint, corrupt, sully

v. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"

tarnish, defile, maculate, sully

v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

settle, make up, patch up, reconcile, conciliate

v. come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

stitch, run up, sew, sew together

v. fasten by sewing; do needlework

retire, adjourn, withdraw

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

act, move, take a step, take action, take steps, take measures, perform an action, do something

v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

cure, heal

v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

redress, right, correct, compensate

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

remedy, relieve

v. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"

remedy, rectify, amend, set right

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively

v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

recondition

v. bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"

reconstruct, remodel, redo

v. do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"

renovate, restitute

v. restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

freshen up, refurbish, renovate

v. make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"

rig

v. connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"

square, square up, make square

v. make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"

plumb

v. measure the depth of something

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Antonyms (16)

laity, temporality

n. in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

case, patient

n. a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

break up, dismantle, break apart, take apart, disassemble

v. take apart into its constituent pieces

ruin, destroy

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

Doctor of the Church

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