doctoral

1. 1.

   of or relating to a doctor or doctorate

   “doctoral dissertation”

   “doctorial candidates”

   Synonymsdoctorial

Questions about doctoral

What does doctoral mean?

doctoral means "of or relating to a doctor or doctorate".

How many syllables are in doctoral?

doctoral has 3 syllables: doc-to-ral. The stress falls on "doc". In IPA it is /ˈdɑktɚəl/.

What is another word for doctoral?

Close synonyms include doctorial. 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 doctoral a common word?

doctoral is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.