someone who teaches as their job, especially in a school: · a high school teacher
►principal
(also headteacher British English) the teacher who is in charge of a school or college: · The teacher sent him to the principal’s office.
►tutor
someone who gives private lessons to one student or a small group of students. In Britain, a tutor is also a teacher in a university: · They hired a tutor to help him with his English.· Your tutor will help you find a subject for your essay.
►lecturer
someone who teaches in a university or college: · University lecturers aren’t very well paid.
►professor
a teacher in a college or university. In Britain, a professor is a high-ranking university teacher, especially one who is head of a department: · She was professor of linguistics at Cambridge University.
►instructor
someone who teaches a sport or a practical skill such as swimming or driving: · He works as a ski instructor in the winter.· a driving instructor
►coach
someone who helps a person or team improve in a sport: · a professional tennis coach
►educator
especially American English formal someone whose job involves teaching people, or someone who is an expert on education: · Most educators agree that class sizes are still too big.
►trainer
someone who teaches people particular skills, especially the skills they need to do a job: · a teacher trainer· Many companies pay outside trainers to teach management skills to their staff.
►governess
a woman who lived with a family and taught their children in past times: · As a governess, Charlotte Brontë received twenty pounds a year.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who teaches►teacher
someone who teaches, especially someone whose job is to teach children in a school: · She's a teacher in the high school.· I remember having some pretty awful teachers when I was at school.English/science/chemistry etc teacher: · The school doesn't have enough French teachers.teacher of: · a conference for teachers of English
►tutor
someone who gives lessons to just one student or a small group of students: · When she was ill she studied at home with a private tutor.· They hired a private tutor to help Carlos with his English.
►instructor
someone who teaches a sport or a practical skill: swimming/driving/riding etc instructor: · I managed to find a very good driving instructor.· a ski instructor
►coach
someone who trains a person or a team in a sport, and helps them to improve their skills: basketball/football/tennis etc coach: · We got a professional football coach to come and help us train the team.
►trainer
someone who trains people in the skills they need to do a job: · Many companies now pay outside trainers to come in and teach management skills to their staff.· I work as a teacher trainer.
►professor
a university teacher - used in Britain to mean a teacher of the highest rank, and in the US to mean any university teacher who has a higher degree such as a PhD: · The meeting will be chaired by Professor Andrew Jones.· Archie's father is a retired physics professor.professor of: · She's a professor of history at Oxford University.
►lecturer
someone who teaches at a university or college: · Watson is now a lecturer at the University of Bradford.· a chemistry lecturerlecturer in: · a lecturer in economics
►academic
someone who works, studies, and teaches in a university, and has a lot of knowledge about a particular subject: · Academics can usually get time off teaching to do their own research.
►educator
formal someone who teaches in a school, college, or university: · Most educators agree that intimidating children is not the best way to encourage them to learn.· Professor Taylor is generally recognized as one of the state's most respected educators.
►faculty
American all the teachers in a college or university: · Norman White has been on the faculty at UCLA for over thirty years.· Nearly half the faculty turned out to show their support.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a driving instructor
(=a person whose job is teaching people to drive)· It's important to feel comfortable with your driving instructor.
►a fitness instructor
· He was offered work as a fitness instructor.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE►chief
· Further details can be obtained from the chief instructor John Davenport.· Finally, Fellowship Afloat are looking for a new chief sailing instructor.· This is not the time to be thinking about what the chief instructor is going to think or say.
►driving
· The house now belongs to a buxom blonde from Lyon, wife of a driving instructor.
VERB►teach
· A boxing instructor may teach his pupil to strike him in a given way by acting as if hurt.· Doug Baltz, cultural-awareness instructor, teaches the newcomers, beginning with a simple yet profound two-question quiz: 1.· A glider pilot who's just won the right to work as an instructor, teaching others the beauty of unpowered flying.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouninstructioninstructoradjectiveinstructiveinstructionalverbinstructadverbinstructively
1someone who teaches a sport or practical skill: a driving instructor ski instructors► see thesaurus at teacher2American English someone who teaches in an American college or university and who has a rank below assistant professor: a social studies instructor