Synonyms for teacher
ˈti tʃərteach·er

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1. teachernoun

   The index finger; the forefinger.

   Synonyms:
   lickpot, forefinger, index, insignitor, demonstrator, arrow-finger, showing finger, pointling, index finger

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1. teacher

   Synonyms:
   instructor, schoolmaster, preceptor, tutor, professor, pedagogue, educationist, educator, schoolmistress

   Antonyms:
   pupil, scholar, disciple, learner

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1. teacher, instructornoun

   a person whose occupation is teaching

   Synonyms:
   instructor

2. teachernoun

   a personified abstraction that teaches

   "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"

   Synonyms:
   instructor

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1. • Abstraction
   • Educator

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1. teachernoun

   Synonyms:
   instructor, tutor, preceptor, master, PEDAGOGUE, school-master, school-mistress, school-dame

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1. teachernoun

   Synonyms:
   instructor, tutor, master, pedagogue, preceptor, preceptress, governess, coach, usher, mentor

2. teachernoun

   Synonyms:
   faculty

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1. List of paraphrases for "teacher":

   teachers, professor, teaching, prof, schoolteacher, master, educator, mistress, instructor, maestro, faculty, professeur, schoolmaster, lecturer, pedagogical, pedagogue, educators, enseignants, professors, prof., profesor, masters, al-muallim

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1. Thatcher Grayson:

   I saw both his teacher and the school nurse just pulling and dragging my son, along with his service dog, all throughout the hallway.

2. Fox News:

   I think it actually kind of depends on the age of the child, for instance, if you're learning phonetics at a young age, it's actually important that you be able to see the teacher articulate different vowels, sounds, and words that you can learn. And if you don't … that window is closed and there's no way to get it back.

3. Ramona Bessinger:

   I'm refusing to propagate lies. I can't do that as a parent and as a teacher. I simply cannot do that. So let the cards fall where they may, i mean, what kind of a human being would I be if I simply went along with this and buried my head in the sand? What kind of a mother would I be? What kind of an educator would I be? So, no, I have no choice but to go public.

4. Bill Bennett:

   The other thing that's notable here [in many of the school shooting cases] is the abusive relationships. Damned if I can figure it out — in this age of sensitivity, of sensitivity toward women and the treatment of women — but almost all of these guys were abusers of their girlfriends. Physical abusers. in a lot of these cases, it was the teachers who put out the alerts, raised the alarms, that there was a problem [with a student] — it was the teacher at [Nikolas] Cruz's school in Parkland who put out the word about the problems.

5. Tony McGee:

   As a parent, when your kids hurt, you hurt, and as a teacher, when your kids hurt, you hurt.