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

This sends the wrong message to students, says Paul Novosad, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, a school whose own provost’s use of AI in writing led to the administrator’s recent resignation. — Austin Horn, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

After stumbling into an intro to acting class, the 28-year-old quickly caught the professor’s attention. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026

David Nasaw, an emeritus professor of history at City University of New York, agrees. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

The proximity of these enforcement operations to the midterm elections, in which Latinos are projected to play a pivotal role across California and the country is no accident, claims Cal State Long Beach professor Luis Carlos Rodriguez. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026