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Synonyms for teacher

Most common

educator tutor mentor pedagogue

All synonyms

Noun

1. Educator — A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor

educator, tutor, professor informal US, mentor, pedagogue, pedagog US, schoolmaster, master, preceptor, dominie UK, didact rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

Forms

Plural
teachers → educators, tutors, professors, mentors…

Example sentences

  • mentor Antonio is not going to be Rima’s mentor anymore.
  • tutor I started studying Berber with a private tutor.
  • educator Luck is our mother, mishap — our educator.
  • pedagogue He is an extremely fine and articulate pedagogue.
  • coach The coach doesn't know who the tallest student is.
  • instructor You may as well know that I am a strict instructor.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
teachersteady
mentorrising
tutorrising
educatorrising
pedagoguesteady
coachrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
coach1, tutor2
6 letters
master2, doctor2, mentor2, didact
7 letters
dominie, pedagog
8 letters
educator4
9 letters
professor3, preceptor, pedagogue
10 letters
instructor3
12 letters
schoolmaster3, educationist
14 letters
schoolmistress

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tutor2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
professeur
Italiano
professore
Español
profesor
Català
professor