psychiatrist

Noun

Meaning

a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shrink head-shrinker doctor psychiatry examiner therapy physician psychiatric practitioner analyst adviser psychologist counseling investigator accountant

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Antonyms

physical patient bodily fifth column fifth columnist bull in the china shop

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Hypernyms

specialist medical specialist

Hyponyms

analyst alienist psychoanalyst

Phrases with the word

psychiatrist-in-chief

Examples

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Rodney Dangerfield

No man is a hero to his wife's psychiatrist. Eric Berne

Anyone who would go to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined! Samuel Goldwyn

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed. James Thurber

I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender. Rodney Dangerfield

From almost the first day they got into office, they (President Bush and Vice President Cheney) were trying to figure out how to get rid of Saddam Hussein. I'm not a psychiatrist - I don't know all of the reasons behind their concern, some might say their obsession. Hillary Clinton

Close letter words and terms

psychiatrically psychiatrics psychiatrise psychiatrist-in-chief psychiatristlike psychiatrization