Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eye doctor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: eye- -doc-tor
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optometrist or ophthalmologist.

American usage

Etymology

From eye + doctor. Compare Faroese eygnalækni, Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, German Augenarzt.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

eye doctors (plural)

Synonyms

ophthalmologist oculist

Questions

What does eye doctor mean?: An optometrist or ophthalmologist.
Where does eye doctor come from?: From eye + doctor. Compare Faroese eygnalækni, Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, German Augenarzt.

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