Synonyms of professor

professor

noun

as in doctor

a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university

a professor of chemistry

Professor Williams will be teaching the class.

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of professor

On Wednesday, Santa Clara University professors Robert Senkewicz and Rose Marie Beebe will explore how these parallel histories had a lasting impact on Native Peoples at the Los Altos History Museum. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

Seventy million barrels is the strict physical minimum needed at the top of the caverns to keep the extraction pipes safely submerged in oil rather than water, said Siddharth Misra, a petroleum engineering professor at Texas A&M University. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

For decades, Heilmann supported her practice as a professor, first at Stony Brook University and later at the School of Visual Arts in New York. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

As rents spike, increasing costs can drive away the usual clientele of botánicas, said Edwin Aponte, professor of religion and culture at Drew University in New Jersey. — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026