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

More than simply creating programs, professors must try to prepare students for widely differing goals for using AI in their careers. — ABC News, 3 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

Recent reporting describes ongoing litigation brought by professors and others who argue the program unlawfully displaces or reshapes the EB-1 and EB-2 system. — Lorraine D'alessio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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