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

Their devotion to knotty specifics of academia extends to casting a real-life academic — Anne-Laure Sellier, currently a professor of behavioral sciences at HEC Paris business school — in the lead. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Luiz is on sabbatical from his job as a professor of dance at University of California, Irvine and will work with Sacramento Ballet until December. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

She was recruited by what is now Miami Dade College to become the first Black professor there. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Finding the right seeding rate to maximize yield is also still being studied, said Matthew Ryan, a sustainable cropping professor at Cornell University. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026