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didacts

noun

plural of didact
as in teachers

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  1. teachers
  2. educators
  3. pedants
  4. instructors
  5. academics
  6. schoolteachers
Noun
  • Employment for elementary and kindergarten teachers is projected to show little or no growth through 2035, even with 99,400 positions opening annually.
    — Kellie Lauth, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The institute provides professional development to Starpoint teachers.
    — Lina Ruiz September 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • IvyCraft is designed for researchers, students, educators, content creators, consultants, and teams that regularly turn source material into presentations, videos, podcasts, or visual content.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The school board voted in May to set aside 7 acres next to Garinger High School to be developed for up to 138 apartments for educators.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of educators
Noun
  • Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.
    — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Definition of pedants
Noun
  • The Culinary Center offers cooking classes led by chefs and skilled instructors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • New entrants will lean into class formats, instructors and cohort-style memberships that resemble a boutique fitness studio more than a spa.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • The team combines expertise from engineering science, philosophy and experimental psychology, supported by the University of Oxford senior academics combining academic rigor with Polestar’s automotive expertise.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
  • These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability.
    — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of academics
Noun
  • Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteachers
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“Didacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didacts. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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