Word Type

Noun

The word "dentist" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

city dental clinic dental office dentist's office hospital las vegas office phone book town

Capable Of

bridge gap in teeth bridge two teeth cause to have great pain decide whether need drill fix teeth pull teeth pulling teeth all day use drill view teeth wash hands

Derived Terms

dentistess dentistic dentistical dentistlike dentistress dentistry nondentist surgeon-dentist

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

medical practitioner

Type Of (IsA)

dental school graduate doctor doctor for teeth film medical practitioner prescriber tooth doctor

Not Desires

patients with bad breath

Receives Action

paid to interact with

Related Terms

antidentite dental denture orthodontics toothpuller

Related Terms

antidentite dental dentistry denture doctor drills fixes orthodontics teeth tooth tooth doctor toothpuller works works teeth

Used For

charging patients lots of money clean teeth cleaning teeth fill cavities getting advice about dental care helping with tooth aches pull out acking tooth pull tooth removing teeth repairing damage done to gums repairing damage done to teeth repairing teeth

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.