What is another word for professors?

Pronunciation: [pɹəfˈɛsəz] (IPA)

Professors are highly educated individuals who impart knowledge to students at academic institutions. There are several synonyms for the word "professors" such as lecturers, instructors, teachers, educators, and mentors. Lecturers are individuals who teach in a specific subject area to a large audience, whereas instructors are those who facilitate hands-on training or practical application of knowledge in a subject. Teachers refer to educators who teach at elementary and secondary schools while educators are individuals who provide education in a broader sense. Mentors, on the other hand, refer to knowledgeable and experienced individuals who guide and advise students in a particular field or profession. Regardless of the synonym used, all these individuals play a crucial role in shaping the future of their students.

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Usage examples for Professors

Again, from the point of view which Moses occupied, it is plain that such professors should be punished.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
It was founded in 1478, and at the present writing has between twelve and fifteen hundred students, instructed by about fifty able professors.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Among these were professors Thompsen and Steensby and Dr. Krabbe.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Professors

  • I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
    Stephen Ambrose
  • Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors.
    Philip Warren Anderson
  • My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
    Maya Angelou
  • In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department.
    Paul D. Boyer
  • Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.
    James Broughton

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