didact

noun

Definition of didactnext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of didact Gordon Chester, 39, a city engineering technician in the public works department, is an urban housing policy auto-didact. — Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026 Jamie says that her father was an ardent family man, attentive, affectionate, an unending didact who crammed his kids with poetry, music, Hebrew lessons. — David Denby, The New Yorker, 16 June 2018 The most unlikely challenge to Boston’s visual didacts came from those who couldn’t see at all. — Justin T. Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for didact
  1. teacher
  2. instructor
  3. pedant
  4. educator
  5. academician
  6. academe
  7. schoolteacher
  8. pedagogue
Noun
  • All four judges are former students or teachers at the College of Magic.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Our teacher had talked about it since the first day, and we were supposed to work on it all year.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Exotic was shot during a recent real-life edition of a pole-dancing Exo Stars Camp featuring real participants and instructors, maintaining the authenticity of this vivid bubble.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The program provides classroom and hands-on experience in the energy industry, with instructors like Derrick McKinney.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Perhaps only a pedant—or a hypocrite—would fuss about that kind of imprecision.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Rarely is there much conceptual overlap between the categories of pedant and genius.
    — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
Definition of pedant
Noun
  • The measures include encouraging adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism, specialized training for educators, strengthened reporting procedures and independent oversight.
    — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Kate Maupin Kate Maupin is an award-winning author, educator, foster child advocate, and reformed Super Mom.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of educator
Noun
  • While scientists around the globe believe there's water ice on the moon, said Ye Peijian, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, no one has definitively found and fully evaluated that resource as yet.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The framing story follows Toño, a struggling writer, would-be academician and lifelong devotee of traditional Peruvian creole music.
    — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 24 May 2026
Definition of academician
Noun
  • And in the academe, there is a growing demand for nuclear science education.
    — Lorela U. Sandoval, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • Different goals lead to different strategies The differences between industry and academe begin with a divergence in purpose.
    — Maysam Ghovanloo, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2026
Definition of academe
Noun
  • Trump spoke with Hubbard shortly after the former schoolteacher was freed.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In Spain, elementary and secondary schoolteachers began an indefinite strike in Madrid last week to demand better pay and working conditions.
    — Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of schoolteacher
Noun
  • The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of pedagogue

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“Didact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didact. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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