therapist

1. 1.

   a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

   Synonymshealer

   Broaderexpert

   Narrowernaprapathalleviatorchiropractorcuranderacuranderoelectrotherapistherbalistnaturopathosteopathphysical therapist

Other forms of therapist

plural

therapists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about therapist

What does therapist mean?

therapist means "a person skilled in a particular type of therapy".

How many syllables are in therapist?

therapist has 3 syllables: ther-a-pist. The stress falls on "ther". In IPA it is /ˈθɛɹəpəst/.

What is another word for therapist?

Close synonyms include healer. 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 therapist a common word?

therapist is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.