Synonyms of mentors

mentors 1 of 2

noun

plural of mentor

as in advisers

Related Words

• advisers
• guides
• teachers
• counselors
• instructors
• tutors
• managers
• drillers
• ciceroni
• handlers
• coaches
• trainers
• drillmasters

mentors

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mentor

as in guides

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

• guides
• coaches
• tutors
• shows
• pilots
• leads
• teaches
• counsels
• accompanies
• steers
• shepherds
• informs
• walks through
• engineers
• trains
• escorts
• schools
• supervises
• godfathers
• chaperones
• convoys
• squires
• briefs
• drills
• sees
• directs
• attends
• instructs
• superintends
• oversees
• sways
• enlightens
• fosters
• inculcates
• nurtures
• indoctrinates
• cultivates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mentors

Verb

Lee has spoken in depth about playing Iroh, who helps Aang and eventually mentors his nephew Zuko. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

Additionally, Charles visited a grassroots community organization that mentors children and young people affected by food insecurity. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

Students Build the ‘Frankenbird’ The robotic decoys were built by students from Jackson Hole High School working with Gary Duquette, a former engineering teacher who now mentors robotics students through the nonprofit Wonder Institute. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026

Nicole plays a seventies-era, punk-Vivienne Westwood type who mentors my character. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

The man gets his exiled nephew a job on Wall Street and mentors him. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026

That includes Susan Brennan, a former director of the program and a cognitive scientist at Stony Brook University, who mentors applicants throughout the state of New York. — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026

Coach Rafael Arutyunyan has trained Olympic champion Nathan Chen and now mentors Ilia Malinin, the only skater to land a quad axel. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026

Crowe will portray a swordsman who mentors Cavill's Highlander, and Bautista will play an antagonistic immortal known as the Kurgen, while Gillan will star as Connor's very mortal wife. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026