Synonyms for professor
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
Related words
- Word family
- professoriate professoress professorine professorship profestrix
- Phrases
- distinguished professor assistant professor associate professor institute professor mad professor president's professor regents professor university professor
- Other spellings
- professer
Forms
- Plural
- professors → teachers, instructors, tutors, masters…
Example sentences
- master It is difficult for foreigners to master Japanese.
- teacher My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
- instructor You may as well know that I am a strict instructor.
- tutor I started studying Berber with a private tutor.
- prof Prof. Smith is famous for his eccentric life style.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| professor | steady | |
| master | steady | |
| teacher | steady | |
| instructor | steady | |
| tutor | rising | |
| prof | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- prof
- 5 letters
- tutor2, adept2
- 6 letters
- master2, docent2
- 7 letters
- teacher2
- 9 letters
- preceptor
- 10 letters
- instructor3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tutor2 = 2 syllables).