Synonyms of teaches

teaches

verb

present tense third-person singular of teach

as in educates

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educates
• schools
• instructs
• lessons
• indoctrinates
• trains
• tutors
• coaches
• guides
• preaches
• prepares
• informs
• lectures
• instills
• moralizes
• mentors
• inculcates
• grounds
• leads
• drills
• qualifies
• introduces
• directs
• enlightens
• edifies
• shows
• familiarizes
• primes
• initiates
• retrains
• imparts (to)
• habilitates
• homeschools
• fits
• verses
• catechizes
• implants
• briefs
• rears
• reteaches
• reeducates
• reschools

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of teaches

But Pavese understood that the only lesson tragedy really teaches is that there is no end to suffering. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Public discourse teaches children which differences are treated as ordinary, which are treated as suspect and who is allowed to belong without having to explain themselves. — Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

There’s also a vineyard, a library and a school of arts and crafts that teaches masonry, gardening and farming, tailoring, knitting, cutting and sewing, darning and mending. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Small’s death marks the state’s first dengue death in nearly a century, Kristi Miley, who teaches at USF’s College of Public Health, told the Tampa Bay Times. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

When 32-year-old Alom teaches one of her students a move and the student successfully executes it, the others applaud and cheer her on. — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Jewish tradition teaches that even Yom Kippur cannot atone for sins against another person until forgiveness has been sought. — Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Today Green, 38, is a film professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu and teaches at The Los Angeles Film School. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Fauq currently teaches at HEAD in Geneva and at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. — News Desk, Artforum, 18 Sep. 2026