professor

/prəˈfɛsər/

nounpro · fes · sor

A pro at a subject is a PRO-FESS-OR—an expert who teaches.

Yes, it's professor. Watch the double “s” in the middle: pro + fess + or.

Definitions

  1. nouna teacher at a college or university
  2. nouna person who is an expert in a particular subject

Examples

  • The professor explained the experiment step by step.
  • After class, I emailed my professor to ask for help with the homework.
  • She is a professor of history who studies ancient Rome.

Synonyms

teacherinstructorlecturereducatoracademic

Translations

ES profesorPT professorFR professeur

Common misspellings

profeserprofessorrproffesorproffessorprofessorerprofesserprofesorprofessar

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