Synonyms for professor
prəˈfɛs ərpro·fes·sor

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1. professornoun

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   prof

2. professornoun

   A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.

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   prof

3. professornoun

   A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated Prof.

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   prof

4. professornoun

   An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised)

   Professor Plum or Prof. Plum.

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   prof

5. professornoun

   One who professes.

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   prof

6. professornoun

   A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.

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   prof

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:5.0 / 1 vote

1. professor, profnoun

   someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

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   prof

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1. List of paraphrases for "professor":

   teacher, prof., prof, professors, professeur, lecturer, profesor, instructor, teaching, professorships, yue-man, faculty, taught, dr., mr., pr, educator, -professor, schoolteacher, tutor

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1. Thomas Turner:

   I'm a professor, I'm a biologist but I didn't actually know what was special about this fish.

2. Derek Heng:

   So Professor Martel says that she doesn’t want you sitting in front of her because you put, you know, a Bible out, right?

3. Robert Barchi:

   This has been a sad and deeply troubling situation for our students and our staff, and for our faculty, who stand for much nobler values than those expressed by this particular professor.

4. Ted Cruz:

   I will say it is more than a little strange to see Donald relying on as authoritative a liberal, left wing, judicial activist Harvard Law professor who is a huge Hillary supporter, it starts to make you think, gosh, why are Hillary's strongest supporters backing Donald Trump?

5. Evan Esar:

   America believes in education the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.