associate professor

noun

: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor

associate professorship noun

Examples of associate professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Lilian Hsiao, co-corresponding author and NCSU associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, her team’s breakthrough is more than welcome. — New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026

Liesel Sharabi, an associate professor at Arizona State University who directs its Relationships and Technology Lab, sees a similar problem with too much choice. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Philip Butler, an associate professor at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, helped start an AI institute there in 2018. — Yonat Shimron, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Most of the appointees have a background in intelligence, according to Saeid Golkar, associate professor of political science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for associate professor

• aggressor
• assessor
• compressor
• confessor
• depressor
• hairdresser
• necessar
• oppressor
• possessor
• processor
• repressor
• successor