Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun doctorate

1 sense of doctorate

Sense 1
doctor's degree, doctorate -- (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)
       => academic degree, degree -- (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude")