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

Oded Netzer, Christopher Frank, and Paul Magnone are business professors at Columbia Business School. — Oded Netzer, Fortune, 13 July 2026

In this study, not only were the students already highly motivated and had good study skills, but the AI tutor was built by the same professors who taught the course. — Gerald K. Letendre, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

There is no replacement plan as of yet, according to two members of the board who attended the meeting, and several UC professors who are aware of the decision and who have been advocating either for or against testing requirements. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

How schools are responding At Kabul University, the leadership council ordered a complete smartphone ban for professors, staff and students effective June 21. — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026

The team also sees educational value in the framework, allowing professors to demonstrate advanced computational chemistry techniques while giving students a simpler way to explore research questions. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Goli is working with professors from UCLA on some technicalities of his project and has a patent pending for his design. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

In July 2026, Cenat returned from a long hiatus to announce that class is back in session for a second year with a new line up of professors for accepted students to learn from. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

The latest decision came in two lawsuits brought by professors, students and a student group who argued the law amounted to unconstitutional classroom censorship. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 7 July 2026