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. Professor Ferguson:

   I acted in the belief that I was immune, having tested positive for coronavirus and completely isolated Professor Ferguson for almost two weeks after developing symptoms.

2. 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.

3. John Kennedy:

   I’m not asking your opinion as a judge, i’m asking your opinion as a person, as a law professor. I’ll stipulate, with all of you, that you’re all going to be fair and unbiased. Now, do you think misbehavior and illegal acts should be forgiven in the name of social justice?

4. Pyon Jinil:

   Toshimitsu Shigemura, professor emeritus of Waseda University and North Korea expert, also noted the desperation to meet fishing harvest quotas has pushed fishermen to travel farther out. Kim Jong Un is seeking to make North Korea self-sufficient in food, but its sources of protein continues to fall. The rogue nation remains vulnerable to health problems caused by the lack of a varied, balanced diet. Eight skeletal remains were found in a boat, one of the earlier gruesome discoveries. (Kyodo via Reuters) Fishermen are desperate to meet annual catch goals, which are elevated to higher levels every year, Shigemura said. Pyon added: Since then, fishermen have been frantically trying to meet [annual] catch goals, but what's different this year is that they are traveling to distant waters in their fragile boats.

5. Senate GOP:

   When Dershowitz made his absurd argument, obviously, I got up and asked for the counter argument. And I think... the student took the professor to the cleaners.