doctor of science

1. 1.

   an honorary degree in science

   SynonymsDSScD

   Broaderhonorary degree

Questions about doctor of science

What does doctor of science mean?

doctor of science means "an honorary degree in science".

What is another word for doctor of science?

Close synonyms include DS, ScD. 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 science a common word?

doctor of science 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.