Thesaurus results for INSTRUCTOR

instructor

noun

in-ˈstrək-tər

as in teacher

a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school had spent most of his adulthood as an instructor in the local school system

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Recent Examples of instructor Meanwhile, Wesley is serving as a financial literacy instructor for youth in underserved communities. —

David Chiu, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 The platform acts as a gradebook, a hub for digital lectures and course materials, a discussion board for classroom projects, and a messaging platform between students and instructors. —

William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 As if on cue, a few dozen children wearing life jackets and wielding fishing rods filled the waterfront behind him, trying their hand at angling, many for the first time, with instructors from the Minnesota DNR showing them the ropes. —

Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026 Republican voters in the legislative district, which touches Boise, Meridian and Nampa, will decide between Senate Majority Leader Lori Den Hartog, a six-term senator from Nampa, and Josh Haver, a cybersecurity instructor at Boise State University. —

Rose Evans may 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for instructor

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Even in the United States, his student turned assistant Henry LeTang became the tap teacher to hundreds, from starlets needing tailoring to the great Gregory Hines.

— Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
The bill, which was supported by nurses, teachers, construction workers and service employees in Connecticut, is one of the biggest victories for organized labor in the state in recent years.

— Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026