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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instructor |
| Synonyms: | educator, lecturer, professor, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher |
| Main Entry: | pedagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teacher |
| Synonyms: | educator, instructor, pedant, schoolmaster, tutor |
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| Main Entry: | instructor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who educates |
| Synonyms: | adviser, coach, demonstrator, exponent, guide, lecturer, mentor, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, teacher, trainer, tutor |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge, female or male |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commandant, commander, commanding officer, conqueror, controller, director, employer, general, governor, guide, guru, head, head person, instructor, judge, lord, manager, matriarch, overlord, overseer, owner, patriarch, pedagogue, preceptor, principal, pro, ruler, schoolmaster/ mistress, skipper, slave driver, spiritual leader, superintendent, supervisor, swami, taskmaster, teacher, top dog, tutor, wheel |
| Antonyms: | servant |
| Main Entry: | professor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who teaches college courses |
| Synonyms: | assistant, brain*, educator, egghead, faculty member, fellow, instructor, lecturer, pedagogue, principal, prof, pundit, quant, rocket scientist, sage, savant, teacher, tutor |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | teacher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who educates |
| Synonyms: | abecedary, adviser, assistant, coach, disciplinarian, educator, faculty member, guide, instructor, lecturer, mentor, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, pundit, scholar, schoolteacher, supervisor, teach*, trainer, tutor |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pedant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formalist |
| Synonyms: | bluestocking, bookworm, doctrinaire, dogmatist, egghead, methodologist, pedagogue, waling encyclopedia |
| Main Entry: | faculty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teachers in educational institution |
| Synonyms: | academics, advisers, body, clinic, college, corps, department, employees, institute, instructors, lecturers, literati, mentors, organization, pedagogues, personnel, professorate, professors, profs, researchers, scholars, society, staff, tutors, university, workers |
| Notes: | a facility is a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry or a skillful performance or ability without difficulty; faculty is one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind or the body of teachers and administrators at a school |
| Antonyms: | students |
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| Concept: | Master. |
| Synonyms: |
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master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader (director); boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance., lord of the ascendant; cock of the walk, cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress., potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch., crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge., caesar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, inca, cazique; voivode; landamman; seyyid; Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior., prince, duke (nobility); archduke, doge, elector; seignior; marland, margrave; rajah, emir, nizam, nawab., empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine; czarevna, czarita; maharani, rani, rectrix., regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah; burgrave; laird (proprietor); collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon., the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte., [Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon., [Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde, alcaid; burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, warden, constable, portreeve; lord mayor; officer (executive); dewan, fonctionnaire., [Naval authorities] admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, skipper, mate, master; navarch.
-phrases
da locum melioribus; der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Siaats; "lord of thy presence and no land beside" [King John].
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| Antonyms: | servant |
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