instructor
Other forms: instructors
An instructor is a teacher. One can be an instructor of just about anything, but it usually applies to teaching hands-on skills, like a water-skiing instructor or the instructor of the knitting class held at the community center.
When you instruct, or teach, other people how to do something, you are their instructor. At a college, you might hear some of the people who teach classes referred to as instructors and others as professors. An instructor might teach only part-time, or be a graduate student, or, for the moment at least, not be on the path to receiving the title of professor. Still, instructors are teachers: they have their own classes and students.
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a person whose occupation is teachingsynonyms: teachertypes:art teachersomeone who teaches artBahaia teacher of or believer in Bahaismcatechistone who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism)coach, private instructor, tutora person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)demonstratora teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taughtdocenta teacher at some universitiesFrench teachersomeone who teaches Frenchgovernessa woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)instructressa woman instructormissionarysomeone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or programmusic teachersomeone who teaches musicreading teachersomeone who teaches students to readriding mastersomeone who teaches horsemanshipscience teachersomeone who teaches sciencesection mansomeone who teaches a section of a large college courseteaching fellowa graduate student with teaching responsibilitiescrammera teacher who is paid to cram students for examinationsgeometry teachersomeone who teaches geometrypiano teachersomeone who teaches students to play the pianomistress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistressa woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)Cyril, Saint Cyril, St. CyrilGreek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
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Vocabulary lists containing instructor
These are just a few of the titles that apply to members of the professional working world. The people who perform these jobs are almost always trained in their specific field, after going through a specialized program of study. As you learn this list, you will have the opportunity to see these occupations come alive through our image questions!
This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "one who; action or process."