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

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

Griffin’s younger brother was in ONE Lexington, too—in its school mentoring program. — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

This hampers several of my favorite performances, especially Harper, whose Ben is full of sarcastic indignation, and June Laporte as Ginny, an aspiring reporter in need of proper mentoring. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

Salinas, 45, went to school for school psychology and helped implement a mentoring program at Irving Elementary School and Varjao worked for an area pediatrician. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026