dentist

D2E1N1T1I1S1T1
/ˈdɛntɪst/

noun

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

Similar
tooth doctordental practitioner
CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

noundentist (plural dentists)

plural dentists

  1. A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

    Oh, you couldn't be married to a dentist. Don't be silly.

    1999 January 20, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Death's Shadow”, in Midsomer Murders
    2 more examples

    It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119

    Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.

    2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25
  2. InternetdeliberatemisspellingDeliberate misspelling of Dengist.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person qualified to practice dentistry

Similar
tooth doctordental practitioner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchdent
  2. Frenchdentiste
  3. Englishdentist

Borrowed from French dentiste.

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Translations

Afrikaans tandarts
  • tandartsspecialized tooth doctor
Arabic طَبِيب أَسْنَان, طَبِيبَة أَسْنَان
  • طَبِيب أَسْنَان (ṭabīb ʔasnān)specialized tooth doctor
  • طَبِيبَة أَسْنَان (ṭabībat ʔasnān)specialized tooth doctor
Basque haginlari
  • haginlarispecialized tooth doctor
Bulgarian зъболе́кар, стоматолог
  • зъболе́кар (zăbolékar)specialized tooth doctor
  • стоматолог (stomatolog)specialized tooth doctor
  • дентист (dentist)specialized tooth doctor
  • зъбар (zăbar)specialized tooth doctor
  • дентален лекар (dentalen lekar)specialized tooth doctor
Catalan dentista
  • dentistaspecialized tooth doctor
Chinese Cantonese 牙醫 /牙医
  • 牙醫 /牙医 (ngaa⁴ ji¹)specialized tooth doctor
Chinese Mandarin 牙醫 /牙医, 牙科醫生 /牙科医生
  • 牙醫 /牙医 (yáyī)specialized tooth doctor
  • 牙科醫生 /牙科医生 (yákē yīshēng)specialized tooth doctor
Czech zubař, zubařka
  • zubařspecialized tooth doctor
  • zubařkaspecialized tooth doctor
Danish tandlæge
  • tandlægespecialized tooth doctor
Dutch tandarts, dentist
  • tandartsspecialized tooth doctor
  • dentistspecialized tooth doctor
Esperanto dentisto, dentistino
  • dentistospecialized tooth doctor
  • dentistinospecialized tooth doctor
Estonian hambaarst
  • hambaarstspecialized tooth doctor
Finnish hammaslääkäri
  • hammaslääkärispecialized tooth doctor
French dentiste
  • dentistespecialized tooth doctor
German Zahnarzt, Zahnärztin
  • Zahnarztspecialized tooth doctor
  • Zahnärztinspecialized tooth doctor
  • Zahnmediziner m Dentistspecialized tooth doctor
Greek οδοντίατρος
  • οδοντίατρος (odontíatros)specialized tooth doctor
Hawaiian kauka niho
  • kauka nihospecialized tooth doctor
Hebrew רוֹפֵא שִׁינַּייִם, רופאת שיניים
  • רוֹפֵא שִׁינַּייִם (rofe' shinaim)specialized tooth doctor
  • רופאת שיניים (rof'at shinaim)specialized tooth doctor
Hindi डेंटिस्ट
  • डेंटिस्ट (ḍẽṭisṭ)specialized tooth doctor
Hungarian fogorvos, fogász
  • fogorvosspecialized tooth doctor
  • fogászspecialized tooth doctor
Icelandic tannlæknir
  • tannlæknirspecialized tooth doctor
Indonesian dokter gigi
  • dokter gigispecialized tooth doctor
Irish fiaclóir
  • fiaclóirspecialized tooth doctor
Italian dentista
  • dentistaspecialized tooth doctor
Japanese 歯医者, 歯科医
  • 歯医者 (haisha)specialized tooth doctor
  • 歯科医 (shikai)specialized tooth doctor
  • 歯科医師 (shikaishi)specialized tooth doctor
Korean 치과의사
  • 치과의사 (chigwauisa)specialized tooth doctor
Latvian zobārsts, zobārste
  • zobārstsspecialized tooth doctor
  • zobārstespecialized tooth doctor
  • stomatologsspecialized tooth doctor
  • stomatoloģespecialized tooth doctor
Lithuanian dantų gydytojas
  • dantų gydytojasspecialized tooth doctor
Malay doktor gigi
  • doktor gigispecialized tooth doctor
Māori tākuta niho
  • tākuta nihospecialized tooth doctor
Norwegian Bokmål tannlege
  • tannlegespecialized tooth doctor
Persian دندانپزشک, dental technician) دندانساز
  • دندانپزشک (dandân-pezešk)specialized tooth doctor
  • dental technician) دندانساز (dandân-sâz)specialized tooth doctor
Polish dentysta, dentystka
  • dentystaspecialized tooth doctor
  • dentystkaspecialized tooth doctor
Portuguese dentista
  • dentistaspecialized tooth doctor
Romanian dentist, dentistă
  • dentistspecialized tooth doctor
  • dentistăspecialized tooth doctor
Russian зубно́й врач, данти́ст
  • зубно́й врач (zubnój vrač)specialized tooth doctor
  • данти́ст (dantíst)specialized tooth doctor
  • стомато́лог (stomatólog)specialized tooth doctor
  • зубно́й (zubnój)specialized tooth doctor
Scottish Gaelic fiaclaire
  • fiaclairespecialized tooth doctor
Slovak zubár, zubárka
  • zubárspecialized tooth doctor
  • zubárkaspecialized tooth doctor
Spanish dentista, odontólogo
  • dentistaspecialized tooth doctor
  • odontólogospecialized tooth doctor
Swahili daktari wa meno
  • daktari wa menospecialized tooth doctor
Swedish tandläkare
  • tandläkarespecialized tooth doctor
Tagalog dentista
  • dentistaspecialized tooth doctor
Tamil பல் மருத்துவர்
  • பல் மருத்துவர் (pal maruttuvar)specialized tooth doctor
Thai ทันตแพทย์, หมอฟัน
  • ทันตแพทย์ (tan-dtà-pɛ̂ɛt)specialized tooth doctor
  • หมอฟัน (mɔ̌ɔ-fan)specialized tooth doctor
Turkish diş tabibi, diş hekimi
  • diş tabibispecialized tooth doctor
  • diş hekimispecialized tooth doctor
  • dişçispecialized tooth doctor
  • diş doktoruspecialized tooth doctor
Ukrainian зубни́й лі́кар, данти́ст
  • зубни́й лі́кар (zubnýj líkar)specialized tooth doctor
  • данти́ст (dantýst)specialized tooth doctor
Urdu ڈینٹسٹ, دندان ساز
  • ڈینٹسٹ (ḍeṇṭisṭ)specialized tooth doctor
  • دندان ساز (dandān sāz)specialized tooth doctor
Vietnamese nha sĩ, bác sĩ nha khoa
  • nha sĩspecialized tooth doctor
  • bác sĩ nha khoaspecialized tooth doctor
  • thầy thuốc chữa răngspecialized tooth doctor
Welsh deintydd
  • deintyddspecialized tooth doctor
Yiddish צאָנדאָקטער
  • צאָנדאָקטער (tsondokter)specialized tooth doctor
Zulu udokotela wamazinyo
  • udokotela wamazinyospecialized tooth doctor

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APA

dentist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentist

MLA

“dentist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentist.

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