therapist
noun
Simple meaning
A trained professional who helps people improve their mental or physical health.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
thehruhpuhstSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈθɛɹəpəst
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
A psychotherapist specifically.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
Used this way, therapist is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use therapist
- “She spoke to her therapist about her feelings and anxiety.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
The act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.).
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A therapist who treats speech defects and disorders.
Therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- therapeuticadjective
- therapynoun
- patientnoun
- counselingnoun
- practitionernoun
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