Synonyms of professor

professor

noun

as in dean

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

a professor of chemistry

Professor Williams will be teaching the class.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That includes 255 million people in India, the study said. Lagos, Nigeria, emitted the most plastic pollution of any city, according to study author Costas Velis, a Leeds environmental engineering professor. —Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024

Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at the University of Florida who helps run the school's election lab, told ABC News that early voting exploded during the 2020 election and its effectiveness has reshaped the way the electorate and campaigns navigate the election. —Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2024

Many of them could not get a job as a professor or a teacher. —Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2024

Edgerton stars as Jason Dessen, a physicist, professor and family man who, while walking home in Chicago, is abducted into an alternate version of his life and has to piece together how to get back — and who’s trying to prevent him from doing so. —Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024