Synonyms of instructor

instructor

noun

in-ˈstrək-tər 

as in teacher

a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school

had spent most of his adulthood as an instructor in the local school system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teacher
• educator
• professor
• schoolteacher
• preceptor
• pedagogue
• coach
• tutor
• doctor
• pedagog
• interne
• educationist
• headmaster
• trainer
• lecturer
• intern
• mentor
• guide
• schoolmaster
• rector
• instructress
• preacher
• prof
• master
• academe
• dean
• headmistress
• guru
• schoolmistress
• preparer
• schoolmarm
• academic
• mistress
• schoolma'am
• docent
• reader
• academician
• student teacher
• drillmaster
• catechist
• pedant
• tutoress
• don
• inculcator
• regius professor
• governess
• didact
• practice teacher
• homeschooler
• moralizer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instructor

Jones’ enthusiasm was exactly what instructor Marilyn Busby was hoping for in her students. —Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images In The Friend, Naomi Watts plays a writing instructor who is left with one of her student’s dog, a Great Dane named Apollo, when the student, played by Bill Murray, dies by suicide. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025

Digitalization offers vast opportunities in this regard, allowing experts or instructors to support training participants with practice, content and feedback for an additional two to three weeks. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025

The firings at the tribal colleges included instructors, administrators, security guards, coaches, custodians and food service workers. —Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025