Synonyms of the word

psychiatrist

• n. (medicine) A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

head-shrinker

• n. (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
• n. Literally, one who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.

shrink

• v. (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
• v. (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
• v. (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
• v. (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
• v. (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
• n. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
• n. (slang, sometimes pejorative) A psychiatrist or therapist; a head-shrinker.

specialist

• adj. (Britain) Specialised.
• n. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
• n. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
• n. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
• n. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.