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

Nearly 20% of the signatories to the letter are UC Berkeley professors. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

Many of the professors currently at the labs are on temporary leave; some will likely return to academia full-time. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

In a first, the University of Tennessee sued Anthropic for allegedly infringing two of its patents related to neural networks invented by its professors, Reuters reported. — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Christensen was accompanied by retired Homer scholars (often referred to as Homerists), editors, professors, historians and various public intellectuals. — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 18 July 2026

Meanwhile, all the Ivy League professors at Columbia University still assure the Mamdanis of the world that taxes don’t matter and socialism is a viable form of economic governance. — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 17 July 2026

Hiddleston relies on professors, scholars, archaeologists and psychologists to piece together what happened to a teenage blacksmith apprentice, a businesswoman/bathhouse proprietor and an unidentified Praetorian guard. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 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