Synonyms of professors

professors

noun

plural of professor

as in doctors

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

• doctors
• deans
• masters
• dons
• profs
• instructors
• coaches
• educators
• mistresses
• schoolteachers
• pedagogues
• readers
• tutors
• docents
• preceptors
• rectors
• schoolmasters
• lecturers
• educationists
• headmasters
• mentors
• guides
• trainers
• academicians
• preparers
• regius professors
• gurus
• academics
• schoolmarms
• headmistresses
• schoolmistresses
• instructresses
• preachers
• pedants
• homeschoolers
• student teachers
• academes
• interns
• tutoresses
• practice teachers
• catechists
• governesses
• inculcators
• drillmasters
• didacts
• moralizers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of professors

These professors incorporate allegedly responsible uses of GenAI into assignments, such as telling their students to upload course documents into an LLM and asking it to generate potential test questions. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Rao and Vasu Unnava, both professors at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, were staying in a hotel in Timure, Nepal, when the flash floods occurred, according to a message from the university’s chancellor and provost. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Faculty influence over big-picture decisions such as budgets and top appointments has declined nationally over the last two decades, and at USC, professors have complained that faculty input is often only advisory and can be overridden. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Court filings detail declining applications, enrollment, student withdrawals The court filings shed light on the recent decline in Wisconsin in international students, from undergraduate to doctoral, as well as visiting researchers and professors. — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2026

A number of my professors went on to become quite famous philosophers such as Nicholas Wolterstorff and Alvin Plantinga. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

The opportunity to learn from professionals in the field about working on engines and also learning from Miami-Dade College professors has been a huge benefit, said Rangel, the auto tech. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

The same restraint applies to professors, who will not be permitted to employ AI to write syllabuses or course materials. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

The institutions that hired the professors celebrated the move in a series of statements. — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026