professor
∞
3.2
- noun
- /prəˈfɛsər/
:
profesor universitario
- Rebecca Zorach is an associate professor of art history at the University of Chicago.
- assistant professor
- university professor
- associate professor
I met and one of my professors was Art Laffer.
- I met and one of my professors was Art Laffer.
- Thanks for helping with Professor Rao and working on the labs.
- This is a model for new professors like myself.
- He was very pleased with that, and told his professor so.
- Well, first of all, I'm a university professor.
- And so my professor friend works with the Vatican.
- And one of the coaches, Professor Pittman, was my coach.
Examples
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Roland H. Good III, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Oregon.
Academic text (2011) -
Joost Keizer is an assistant professor of the history of art at Yale University.
Academic text (2011) -
So take your time, copy what your professor does and go slowly.
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I called the university and made an appointment to interview the professor who had written the book.
Academic text (2011) -
Looks like they were both professors in London, England.
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Paul D. Miller is Assistant Professor of International Security Studies at the National Defense University.
Academic text (2011) -
And I have a question for Professor Schwartz.
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Amy Freund is an assistant professor of art history at Texas Christian University.
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Lori L. Newcomer is an assistant research professor at the University of Missouri.
Academic text (2011) -
I was a professor of philosophy at the local university for many years.
Synonyms
323
7.9
A college or university teacher who gives lectures and advice to students
68
3.9
A person who teaches or does research at a university
40
3.5
A teacher or researcher who works at a university
3
7.9
A teacher at a university, especially at Oxford or Cambridge
Antonyms
Compounds
40
3.7
A university teacher who ranks above an assistant professor and below a full professor
32
3.9
A teacher at a college or university who has a lower rank than an associate professor
10
3.0
A college or university teacher who teaches English language and literature
7
4.1
A teacher or researcher from another university who works there for a short time
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Professor comes from Latin parts pro- 'forth' and fateri 'to declare', and is related to the verb profess. So a professor is someone who publicly declares or teaches what they know, which fits a senior teacher at a university.