doctor of arts

1. 1.

   an honorary arts degree

   SynonymsArtsD

   Broaderhonorary degree
2. 2.

   a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus

   SynonymsD.A.

   Broaderdoctor's degree

Questions about doctor of arts

What does doctor of arts mean?

doctor of arts means "an honorary arts degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for doctor of arts?

Close synonyms include ArtsD, D.A.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doctor of arts a common word?

doctor of arts is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.