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

It could be put on the Faculty Senate's agenda for discussion as soon as next week, several professors said in interviews. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

After more than a year of negotiations and a proposal from the CSU to increase salaries by 3%, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

This is someone who tried to get professors like my father fired — as an undergrad! — Marlow Stern, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

By 2022, 72% of full-time faculty across universities and colleges nationwide were white, while Asian professors made up 13%, Black professors 7% and Hispanic professors 6%, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Christine, a junior at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said one of her professors told her about the rally. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

On Monday, over 1,000 people, including students, professors and local Ithaca residents, gathered to demand change from the school. — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

The Student List includes university professors, teachers, experts and others from across the political spectrum. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Its students arrive morally outraged, a priori puritans, while its professors are enervated and dissatisfied. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026