Synonyms of 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teacher
• educator
• professor
• schoolteacher
• preceptor
• pedagogue
• coach
• tutor
• doctor
• pedagog
• interne
• educationist
• headmaster
• trainer
• lecturer
• intern
• mentor
• guide
• schoolmaster
• rector
• instructress
• preacher
• prof
• master
• academe
• dean
• headmistress
• guru
• schoolmistress
• preparer
• schoolmarm
• academic
• mistress
• schoolma'am
• docent
• reader
• academician
• student teacher
• drillmaster
• catechist
• pedant
• tutoress
• don
• inculcator
• regius professor
• governess
• didact
• practice teacher
• homeschooler
• moralizer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instructor

There will be free food and beverages, fitness demonstrations (10 a.m. to noon), instructor introductions (12:30 to 1:30 p.m.) and opportunity drawings for Oasis gift cards. —Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025

Courtesy of Hotel del Coronado Head to the beach to enjoy the incredible surf during a lesson with an instructor hand-selected and trained by legendary pro-surfer Jamie O’Brien, then don your sneakers or rent a bike to coast along the glittering golden sands of Coronado Beach. —AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025

The instructor, Thiago, told the Trial Guy to straddle a young blue belt named Eric, who began to teach him some moves from the mount. —Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025

The second case was a ski instructor, Daniel, who lived in Montchavin and had a chalet near Les Coches, a ski village five minutes up a switchback road by car. —Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025