Entry Word: teacher

Function: noun

Meaning: a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school <a young man who ardently wants to become a teacher and teach first grade>

Synonyms educator, instructor, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolteacher

Related Words headmaster, master, schoolmaster; headmistress, schoolmarm (or schoolma'am), schoolmistress; coach, guide, guru, trainer; mentor, tutor; drillmaster; dean, don, professor; pedant; governess, homeschooler; catechist, lecturer, moralizer, preacher