Thesaurus results for 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.

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Recent Examples of professor Emory University professor Carol Anderson compared Callais and the resulting redistricting push to poll taxes and literacy tests imposed by white Southern conservatives — and blessed by the Supreme Court — during the Jim Crow era. —

Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026 One of the people arrested Tuesday is Erik Davis, professor and chair of Macalester College's religious studies department. —

Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 The many terms used to describe the project indicate a degree of confusion and possible disagreement between the negotiating parties, says Inderjeet Parmar, a professor of international politics at City St George’s, University of London. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for professor

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Noun

Ruth has a largely impeccable physical from her doctors, as Tom discovers.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 17 June 2026
The outlet reported that Feldman felt sick on the flight and was examined by a doctor who happened to be on board.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026