Synonyms of professor

professor 1 of 2

noun (1)

as in doctor

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

• doctor
• dean
• master
• prof
• don
• instructor
• coach
• educator
• mistress
• schoolteacher
• rector
• docent
• headmaster
• pedagogue
• tutor
• lecturer
• schoolmaster
• reader
• preceptor
• educationist
• guide
• mentor
• trainer
• regius professor
• headmistress
• schoolmarm
• guru
• schoolmistress
• preparer
• instructress
• academician
• preacher
• academe
• pedant
• student teacher
• academic
• tutoress
• drillmaster
• inculcator
• intern
• catechist
• governess
• didact
• practice teacher
• homeschooler
• moralizer

professors

2 of 2

noun (2)

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 professor

Noun

The original 1971 experiment was conducted by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, who arbitrarily split volunteers into two groups—inmates and guards—and observed how power corrupted them. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Canaries in the Coal Mine John Ioannidis is a professor at Stanford University’s medical school and was among the first to question Theranos’s bona fides in a 2015 article. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Noun

What universities should teach A university should make students uncomfortable, but not because professors humiliate them, punish dissent, or demand that students defend political positions simply because of their religious or ethnic identities. — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

As professors who research and teach topics related to inheritance law, we are fascinated by the Parton case. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026