Synonyms of teaching

teaching 1 of 2

noun

ˈtē-chiŋ 

as in education

the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another

a chemist who has devoted his career to teaching, even though he could have made a lot more money in an industrial job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• education
• schooling
• instruction
• training
• tutoring
• tuition
• tutelage
• pedagogy
• preparation
• development
• cultivation
• coaching
• conditioning
• higher education
• improvement
• higher learning
• pedagogics
• didactics
• guidance
• direction
• enlightenment
• nurturing
• readying
• edification
• nurturance

teaching

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verb

present participle of teach

as in educating

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educating
• schooling
• training
• tutoring
• instructing
• indoctrinating
• coaching
• lecturing
• guiding
• mentoring
• lessoning
• preaching
• preparing
• informing
• grounding
• drilling
• homeschooling
• inculcating
• priming
• instilling
• leading
• moralizing
• introducing
• catechizing
• qualifying
• habilitating
• edifying
• rearing
• directing
• retraining
• enlightening
• showing
• implanting
• familiarizing
• imparting (to)
• briefing
• fitting
• reteaching
• initiating
• reeducating
• reschooling
• versing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of teaching

Noun

Leaders envision a campus that will eventually include a larger church, classrooms, residences for priests and teaching sisters, a cemetery and a school. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

Since 2014, Dolby’s been on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins, teaching while still touring regularly every year, often on tours with fellow new wave artists he’s known for years. — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 14 July 2026

Verb

In addition to teaching me that a job surrounded by pretty clothes would do more harm than good for my bank account, that job also gave me my first lesson in the rule of three. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Moorhead began teaching in District 67 in 2002 but left in 2010 after getting married and starting a family. — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026