Synonyms and antonyms of Teachers in college or university in American Thesaurus

academic (noun)

someone who teaches or does research at a college or university

assistant professor (noun)

a teacher at a U.S. college or university who is above the level of instructor and below the level of associate professor

associate professor (noun)

a teacher who works at a college or university in the U.S. Associate professor is the position above assistant professor and below the highest teaching level of professor

chair (noun)

education the position or job of being a senior professor in a university

don (noun)

British someone who teaches at a university, especially at Oxford or Cambridge

educationalist (noun)

mainly British an expert in education

educator (noun)

someone who is an expert in education

fellowship (noun)

education the status of a senior member of a university or college

full professor (noun)

American a teacher at a U.S. college or university who has the highest status and has the right to keep their job as long as they want. An associate professor has a lower rank than a full professor, and an assistant professor has a lower rank than an associate professor.

instructor (noun)

someone whose job is to teach a skill or a sport

instructor (noun)

American someone whose job is to teach students at school or to help with teaching at university

lector (noun)

someone who is employed by a foreign university to teach in their own language

lecturer (noun)

someone who gives a lecture

lecturer (noun)

British a teacher at a university or college

lectureship (noun)

the job of a lecturer

prof (noun)

informal a professor

professor (noun)

American a teacher in a college or university. Someone begins as an assistant professor, then becomes an associate professor, and finally a full professor

professor (noun)

British a senior teacher in a college or university. Someone begins as a lecturer, then becomes a senior lecturer, then sometimes a reader, and finally a professor.

professorship (noun)

the job of being a professor, or the period of time that someone has this job

reader (noun)

education someone who teaches in a university in the U.K. with a position just below that of a professor

readership (noun)

the job of being a reader in a university in the U.K.

visiting professor (noun)

a professor from one university who is teaching in another university for a short period