Synonyms of mentoring

mentoring 1 of 2

noun

as in teaching

Related Words

• teaching
• coaching
• assistance
• tutoring
• advice
• guidance
• briefing
• input
• recommendation
• instruction
• prompting
• counsel
• priming
• feedback
• advisement
• suggestion
• observation
• signal
• sign
• warning
• solution
• direction
• brief
• reminder
• cautioning
• prompt
• tip-off
• caution
• clue
• answer
• telltale
• tip
• pointer
• lead
• urging
• hint

mentoring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of mentor

as in guiding

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

we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mentoring

Noun

Participants get to work on their projects via workshops, one-on-one mentoring and peer sessions. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

The runners-up receive similar mentoring and marketing support for one year. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Reverse mentoring—senior leaders regularly sitting down to learn from younger, more technically fluent colleagues—is one of the most powerful tools available to executives. — Ryoji Sekido, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Donors can pay for additional expenses, such as transportation and textbooks, and fund extra academic advising and mentoring. — Genevieve Shaker, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

The initiative serves 250 families, giving students the opportunity to get their test scores up in the morning and go on field trips in the afternoon, alongside other enrichment activities such as robotics and mentoring. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

The organizations solving their succession crisis aren’t the ones with the most polished mentoring program. — Jim Carlough, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Elliot is also doing her own mentoring and also seeing those limitations too. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

Stapleton represented the type of businessman whose example could reach people without a formal mentoring relationship. — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Verb

After a mentoring session, Perino offered her a position as her assistant. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Labor of Love The LVMH Virtuosos form a community, acting as ambassadors for their respective maisons, participating in specialized development masterclasses and taking an active role in mentoring. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

After the Community Recording Studio, the couple will make go Himmah, central England’s biggest food bank and Epic Partners, which offers sports, education and mentoring programs for disadvantaged young people. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

And yet theme park designer can feel like an elusive dream job, one based on connections, mentoring or even just luck. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Startups also gain access to Kering’s design and production teams, alongside mentoring in communication, finance and business growth. — Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

High schools can develop peer-mentoring programs and suicide prevention, mental health awareness and anti-stigma campaigns. — Nikki R Wooten, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Students get mentoring and career guidance alongside technical training. — Christina Sass, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

He was tasked with finding, encouraging, mentoring and supporting candidates who would be vital to the party’s effort to flip the chamber — which now has a slim GOP majority — back into its control. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026