professors

NOUN

faculty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

department institute personnel staff university

STRONG

academics advisers body clinic college corps employees instructors lecturers literati mentors organization pedagogues profs researchers scholars society tutors workers

WEAK

professorate

Antonyms

WEAK

inability incompetence ineptness lack need students

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As she discussed in a Substack post, Eichacker views herself as in between “idealist” professors who would keep AI out of the classroom and “pragmatists” who let it in.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Mixed messages may actually be beneficial, because they makes all sides — administrators, professors and students — consider the pros and cons of AI’s rise, he noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Some test takers won’t cheat, but many will—ask college professors how many of their students are cheating with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

We are engineering professors who study data center design and space systems engineering.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

I was touched when colleagues from the hospital showed up, friends of ours from Sidley & Austin, law professors who’d taught with Barack.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

professors

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