INSTRUCTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person whose occupation is teaching

Synonyms:

instructor; teacher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("instructor" is a kind of...):

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instructor"):

teaching fellow (a graduate student with teaching responsibilities)

section man (someone who teaches a section of a large college course)

science teacher (someone who teaches science)

school teacher; schoolteacher (a teacher in a school below the college level)

riding master (someone who teaches horsemanship)

reading teacher (someone who teaches students to read)

don; preceptor (teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford))

music teacher (someone who teaches music)

missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)

math teacher; mathematics teacher (someone who teaches mathematics)

instructress (a woman instructor)

governess (a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home))

French teacher (someone who teaches French)

docent (a teacher at some universities)

demonstrator (a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught)

dance master; dancing-master (a professional teacher of dancing)

coach; private instructor; tutor (a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.))

catechist (one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism))

Bahai (a teacher of or believer in Bahaism)

art teacher (someone who teaches art)

Holonyms ("instructor" is a member of...):

teacher-student relation (the academic relation between teachers and their students)

Derivation:

instruct (impart skills or knowledge to)

instructorship (the position of instructor)