💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ph.d"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| directornoun | One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director). |
| dissnoun | (slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect. |
| doctornoun | A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK. |
| doctoral | Relating to a doctorate. |
| doctoratenoun | The highest degree awarded by a university faculty. |
| phdnoun | Alternative form of Ph.D.. [Doctor of Philosophy, a terminal research degree, the highest of academic degrees conferred by a college or university.] |
| thesisverb | (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation. |
| labsnoun | (colloquial) A laboratory. |
| unpublishedverb | Not published. |
| earnedverb | (marketing) Not paid for; appearing in media on its own merits. |
| awardedverb | (transitive) To give (an award). |
| universitynoun | An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels. |
| completingverb | acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) |
| economicsnoun | (social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production. |
| sociologynoun | A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis. |
| holdsverb | (transitive) To grasp or grip. |
| receivedverb | Generally accepted as correct or true. |
| pursuingverb | pursuit |
| englishnoun | (in the plural) The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen. |
| degreesnoun | (education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) |
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