Synonyms of tutoring

tutoring 1 of 2

noun

as in teaching

the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another

found his calling in the tutoring of children with special educational needs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teaching
• education
• schooling
• instruction
• training
• tuition
• tutelage
• preparation
• development
• coaching
• pedagogy
• conditioning
• cultivation
• higher education
• improvement
• higher learning
• guidance
• pedagogics
• didactics
• readying
• direction
• enlightenment
• nurturing
• edification
• nurturance

tutoring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of tutor

1

as in educating

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

tutored me in Spanish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teaching
• educating
• schooling
• training
• coaching
• instructing
• indoctrinating
• mentoring
• lecturing
• lessoning
• guiding
• preparing
• preaching
• drilling
• priming
• grounding
• homeschooling
• qualifying
• informing
• leading
• moralizing
• habilitating
• inculcating
• instilling
• introducing
• imparting (to)
• rearing
• retraining
• edifying
• directing
• catechizing
• enlightening
• implanting
• briefing
• fitting
• reteaching
• showing
• initiating
• familiarizing
• versing
• reschooling
• reeducating

2

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed

bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guiding
• coaching
• teaching
• mentoring
• showing
• counseling
• leading
• accompanying
• steering
• training
• shepherding
• walking through
• escorting
• informing
• piloting
• supervising
• engineering
• attending
• schooling
• convoying
• drilling
• directing
• seeing
• chaperoning
• instructing
• godfathering
• overseeing
• superintending
• briefing
• swaying
• enlightening
• fostering
• squiring
• inculcating
• nurturing
• indoctrinating
• cultivating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tutoring

Noun

Tutoring and graduation rates The district's new CEO wants to bring high-impact tutoring to schools to assist struggling students. — Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

In addition to the 40-minute reading instruction four times a week, the schools offered one-hour after-school tutoring sessions four days a week. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Cheap models could bring tutoring, translation, diagnostics, legal assistance, farm advice and small-business automation to places Western subscription pricing barely reaches. — Will Conaway, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

From a surprise yuan devaluation in 2015 to crackdowns in recent years on after-school tutoring and cross-border stock trading, many of Beijing's policy moves appear abrupt to outsiders. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

In this simplified example, every additional meal delivered means giving up one tutoring session. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026

The platform is designed to reinforce concepts and provide individual tutoring outside regular school hours. — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Puder’s schools provide tutoring, mentoring and flexible scheduling for teens who may have jobs or are parents themselves. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

Another controversy He has also been criticized by fellow board members for promoting his own math tutoring service to students in 2013. — Zuri Primos july 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Verb

Experts stressed engaging in activities that provide purpose and build meaningful connection; volunteering at a food bank or tutoring children was repeatedly recommended. — Taylor Seely, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

Mighton began tutoring children in math to support himself financially as a playwright. — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Parental involvement, tutoring resources, and community support can meet a child where their state education may be falling short. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 21 July 2026

In South Korea, almost eighty per cent of children regularly attend a hagwon—a private-tutoring center that supplements their schooling and prepares them for tests—which means that many kids are spending up to twelve hours a day in a classroom. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

The Circle City readers tutoring program will receive $600,000 to fund another semester. — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 9 July 2026

And dozens of tutoring sites enlist freelancers to offer tutoring in everything from math and science to English, foreign languages, dance, music — almost anything. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

The Chromebooks, donated by the Antioch Rotary Club and the Leo Fontana Family Foundation, were used for tutoring students, homework support, job-readiness training, and other educational programs, Trujillo said. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

The members organized events such as potluck dinners for Black and white families to interact, tutoring program for students and other efforts to improve southeast Denton. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026