Synonyms of schoolteacher

schoolteacher

noun

ˈskül-ˌtē-chər 

as in teacher

a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school

schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teacher
• instructor
• educator
• professor
• pedagogue
• educationist
• headmaster
• preceptor
• doctor
• schoolmaster
• tutor
• coach
• schoolmistress
• schoolmarm
• rector
• preacher
• lecturer
• headmistress
• intern
• mentor
• trainer
• mistress
• guide
• reader
• academe
• dean
• preparer
• prof
• master
• instructress
• academician
• docent
• guru
• pedant
• academic
• catechist
• student teacher
• governess
• drillmaster
• don
• homeschooler
• tutoress
• regius professor
• inculcator
• didact
• practice teacher
• moralizer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schoolteacher

Marta’s twin, Morgan, a schoolteacher, takes shifts in the summers. — Gregg Olsen, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Meanwhile, Krakow portrays protagonist Elizabeth Thatcher, who leaves behind her privileged life to become a schoolteacher on the western frontier in a coal mining town in 1900s Canada. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Burnham has said that his Catholic schoolteachers helped shape his political consciousness. — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 June 2026

Mary Ann came there as a girl, then with her schoolteacher friends on summer breaks, and then with her husband and children, who played with her friends’ children on the beach or in the woods between developments. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026