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

Instructors and professors would still assign letter grades for students to know, but students' final GPAs and final transcripts for the first semester would not reflect them. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

After all, humans also imitate intelligence—children learn from their parents, and professors master the teachings of earlier scholars. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

The study was carried out by Yutaka Sumino, PhD, and Kiwamu Yoshii, PhD, both professors at the Faculty of Advanced Engineering at Tokyo University of Science, Japan. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Previously, the school had to scramble to find enough student housing and adjunct professors to fill classrooms. — Matt Brown, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

The ad industry shut down Garm after Musk filed the lawsuit in 2024, though law professors described X’s legal case as a weak one. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

The lawsuit, filed by the ACLU on behalf of the professors, claims the policy violates their First Amendment rights and is unconstitutionally vague. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Like so many of the other professors at VCUarts Qatar, Muscolino sought out a genre-defying career, moving between experimental film and video production for architecture firms while playing in a band on the side. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The women’s college will compensate more than 80 professors in a class action lawsuit and implement pay equity reforms. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2026