Dictionary

psychiatrist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree French psych- French -iatre French psychiatre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English psychiatrist From psychiatry + -ist.

Meanings

1. A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
   • Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe. 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times:
   • Even medical schools seem to have submitted to psychophobia by training psychiatrists almost exclusively as psychopharmacologists instead of as psychotherapists. 2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025:
   • Says Colonel Thomas Murray, chief Army psychiatrist in South Viet Nam: “Some of our psychiatrists are the most improbable military guys: soft, flabby, unexercised.” 1969 October 10, “Dividend from Viet Nam”, in Time:

Forms

Deriveds

nonpsychiatrist · biopsychiatrist · telepsychiatrist · pedopsychiatrist · antipsychiatrist · geropsychiatrist · gerontopsychiatrist · ethnopsychiatrist · neuropsychiatrist · psychiatristlike · orthopsychiatrist

Relateds

couch doctor · trick cyclist · head-shrinker · shrink · psychotherapist · alienist

Synonyms

psychiater

Translations (80)

ro psihiatră (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · be псіхія́тр (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · fr psychiatriste (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · gd lighiche-inntinn (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · kw medhoges brys (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · yi פּסיכיאַטער (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · da psykiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · es siquiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · la psychiatrista (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · tg психиатр (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ast siquiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · tr psikiyatr (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · nl psychiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sh психѝја̄тар (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · az psixiatr (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ru психиа́тр (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sh психѝја̄трица (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sk psychiatrička (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · de Psychiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · la psychiatristus (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · gl psiquiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · is geðlæknir (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · id psikiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · mk психија́тарка (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sl psihiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ga síciatraí (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sv psykiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · lv psihiatre (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · he פְּסִיכִיאָטֶר (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · cy seiciatrydd (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · pdt Psiekiata (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · mi rata mate hinengaro (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · lo ຈິດຕະແພດ (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ka ფსიქიატრი (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · cmn 精神病醫生 /精神病医生 (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · hy հոգեբույժ (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sk psychiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · pl psychiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · lv psihiatrs (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · vo lanivestigan (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · tr psikiyatrist (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · fi psykiatri (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sh psihìjātar (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ro psihiatru (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · bg психиа́тър (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · fa روانپزشک (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ja 精神科医 (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · be псыхія́тар (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ca psiquiatre (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · nn psykiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ky психиатр (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · hu pszichiáter (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ko 정신과의 (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ar طَبِيب نَفْسَانِيّ (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · mk психија́тар (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · uk психіа́тр (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · it psichiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · tg равонпизишк (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sh psihìjātrica (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · de Psychiaterin (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · kk психиатр (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · mi mātanga mate hinengaro (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · cs psychiatr (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · io psikiatriisto (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · hi मनश्चिकित्सक (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sq psikiatër (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · el ψυχίατρος (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · pt psiquiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · es psiquiatra (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · sl psihiatrinja (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · et psühhiaater (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · kw medhek brys (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · lt psichiatras (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · fr psychiatre (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · ru алиени́ст (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · th จิตแพทย์ (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · uz psixiatr (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · vi nhà tâm thần học (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · nv ntsáhákees nideiłkaahígíí (doctor specializing in psychiatry) · nb psykiater (doctor specializing in psychiatry)