mentee

noun

men·​tee men-ˈtē 

: one who is being mentored : protégé

… nearly all the mentees opted to remain in the sciences …

—Sally Rubenstone

Examples of mentee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Take last year’s Square Peg Social mentee Yona Strauss, who’s now working for Knudsen and Aster’s Square Peg. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026

The Directors Guild of America’s Women’s Steering Committee has announced its seventh class of mentors and mentees. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

Dominguez said his relationship to the then-teenage girl was one of a mentor and mentee. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Bhusri may not be keen on soaking up the limelight, preferring instead to deflect it to one of his young mentees. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

ment(or) entry 1 + -ee entry 1

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mentee

• aplenty
• placentae
• plenty
• senti
• twenty