SCHOOLMISTRESSES Synonyms: 41 Similar Words

schoolmistresses

noun

plural of schoolmistress

as in teachers

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But their buildings still need maintenance, school buses still need to run, and teachers still need to be paid.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Discontented teachers staged similar walkouts elsewhere in Spain this year.

— Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of teachers

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In Spain, elementary and secondary schoolteachers began an indefinite strike in Madrid last week to demand better pay and working conditions.

— Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolteachers

Noun

Saunders was there for one season, succeeding Mike Hancock, who resigned while citing anxiety, grief and depression in the wake of a 2024 school shooting that left two students and two educators dead.

— Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Early-childhood educators earn a national median near $27,000.

— Nathan Bruschi, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of educators

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Our workforce model still depends on real instructors, mentors, employers, educational institutions and community partners.

— Maria Trochimezuk, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Since then, numerous instructors have found ways to use a chair for adapted versions of a surprising number of traditional yoga movements, like lunging warrior poses and standing-to-lying sun salutations.

— Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructors

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There are not nearly enough supervisors, known as preceptors, willing to take on students for those 500 hours of training.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of preceptors

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