DOCTORING Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

doctoring

verb

present participle of doctor

as in treating

to give medical treatment to a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again

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as in repairing

to put into good shape or working order again spends his spare time doctoring old clocks

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as in adjusting

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience

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misadjusting

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Recent Examples of doctoring By doctoring their stones, of course. — Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025 In the book, Lazarides wrote about the time Banksy was arrested for doctoring a billboard in New York City. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026 Subscribers of the adult forum allegedly harvested images of women from social media websites or public sources, before doctoring them and posting them along with misogynistic descriptions. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 In his counterclaims against Stalcup, the former analyst accused of stealing and doctoring documents alleges the 2023 capital calls used misleading statements to get people to pitch in. — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026 The investigation was sparked by concerns that Southern Coal was doctoring water testing reports required under a longstanding consent decree with the Justice Department and several states, one of the sources said. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 17 June 2026 Several subsequent investigations into the Russia probe have identified multiple errors into how it was conducted, and a former FBI lawyer pleaded guilty in 2020 to doctoring an email during the course of the inquiry. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

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The era of treating supply chain efficiency as the primary metric is over.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Read a physical book without treating it as something to check off a list.

— Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

Definition of treating

Verb

Ricardo Lopez, principal at RJ Heisenbottle Architects, said restoring the stadium will involve carefully repairing the original structure rather than replacing it.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Carpino retired in April, without ever explaining what was not right in the organization or, based on the standings, repairing it.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of repairing

Verb

Adamala’s team fiddled with their cellular brew, switching genes in and out and adjusting concentrations of various molecules, to get the crucial information-carrying and protein-making genetic systems to jibe.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
Consider adjusting commission rates based on the type of sale.

— Kate Morgan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of adjusting

Verb

Budget experts say fixing the deficit will require tax hikes, cuts to entitlement, or most likely, a combination of both.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Washington finally wrote the rules down in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, fixing the forty-hour week and time-and-a-half beyond it.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of fixing

Verb

But when biomechanists actually modeled the skull of Smilodon fatalis, reconstructing its jaw muscles, its skull shape, the leverage its bite would have generated, the number that came back was almost embarrassing.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The study calls for reconstructing those interchanges, which could include adding lanes for vehicles to enter or exit the highway.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026

Definition of reconstructing

Verb

The headphone amp supplies two gain settings, tailoring the amount of amplification applied to the input signal to suit the varying sensitivities of headphones and IEMs.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The program includes Missoni and tailoring atelier Saman Amel trunk shows, and multi-brand personal shopping experiences.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 18 June 2026

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