dr.

Questions about dr.

What does dr. mean?

dr. means "a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dr.?

dr. has 1 syllable: dr.. In IPA it is /ˈdɹaɪv/.

What is another word for dr.?

Close synonyms include doctor, doctor, doc, physician, MD. 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 dr. a common word?

dr. is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dr.?

2 words rhyme with dr.. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.