The lecturer spoke generally about American literature and specifically about Faulkner.
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Lecturer
//ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə//
Synonyms for "lecturer" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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More general
8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
129 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ligjërues noun (person who gives lectures)
Arabic
2 entries- مُحَاضِر noun (person who gives lectures)
- مُحَاضِرَة noun (person who gives lectures)
Armenian
2 entries- դասախոս noun (person who gives lectures)
- դասախոս noun (member of university or college)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- lektor noun (person who gives lectures)
- mühazirəçi noun (person who gives lectures)
Belarusian
2 entries- ле́ктар noun (person who gives lectures)
- ле́ктарка noun (person who gives lectures)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রভাষক noun (person who gives lectures)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ле́ктор noun (person who gives lectures)
- ле́кторка noun (person who gives lectures)
Burmese
1 entries- ကထိက noun (person who gives lectures)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 講師 /讲师 noun (person who gives lectures)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 演講者 /演讲者 noun (person who gives lectures)
- 講師 /讲师 noun (person who gives lectures)
- 講師 /讲师 noun (member of university or college)
Czech
1 entries- přednášející noun (person who gives lectures)
Danish
1 entries- forelæser noun (person who gives lectures)
Dutch
1 entries- lector noun (person who gives lectures)
Estonian
2 entries- lektor noun (person who gives lectures)
- õppejõud noun (person who gives lectures)
Finnish
4 entries- apupappi noun (dated: member of the Church of England clergy)
- lehtori noun (member of university or college)
- luennoija noun (person who gives lectures)
- luennoitsija noun (person who gives lectures)
French
4 entries- conférencier noun (person who gives lectures)
- lecteur noun (person who gives lectures)
- maître de conférence noun (member of university or college)
- maître de conférences noun (person who gives lectures)
Georgian
1 entries- ლექტორი noun (person who gives lectures)
German
4 entries- Dozent noun (member of university or college)
- Dozentin noun (member of university or college)
- Lektor noun (person who gives lectures)
- Lektor noun (member of university or college)
Greek
3 entries- επιμελήτρια noun (member of university or college)
- επιμελητής noun (member of university or college)
- λέκτορας noun (person who gives lectures)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַרְצֶה noun (person who gives lectures)
- מַרְצָה noun (person who gives lectures)
Hindi
3 entries- प्राध्यापक noun (person who gives lectures)
- लेक्चरर noun (person who gives lectures)
- व्याख्याता noun (person who gives lectures)
Hungarian
4 entries- adjunktus noun (member of university or college)
- előadó noun (person who gives lectures)
- oktató noun (person who gives lectures)
- tanársegéd noun (member of university or college)
Icelandic
2 entries- fyrirlesari noun (person who gives lectures)
- lektor noun (member of university or college)
Indonesian
3 entries- dosen noun (person who gives lectures)
- dosen noun (member of university or college)
- lektor noun (member of university or college)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- مُدَرِّس noun (person who gives lectures)
- مُرَبّی noun (person who gives lectures)
Irish
2 entries- léachtóir noun (person who gives lectures)
- léachtóir noun (member of university or college)
Italian
1 entries- conferenziere noun (person who gives lectures)
Japanese
1 entries- 講師 noun (person who gives lectures)
Kazakh
1 entries- лектор noun (person who gives lectures)
Khmer
2 entries- សាស្ត្រាចារ្យ noun (person who gives lectures)
- អាចារ្យ noun (person who gives lectures)
Korean
1 entries- 강사 noun (person who gives lectures)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- лектор noun (person who gives lectures)
Lao
1 entries- ອາຈານ noun (person who gives lectures)
Latvian
2 entries- lektors noun (person who gives lectures)
- pasniedzējs noun (person who gives lectures)
Lithuanian
2 entries- dėstytojas noun (person who gives lectures)
- lektorius noun (person who gives lectures)
Macedonian
2 entries- доцент noun (member of university or college)
- предавач noun (person who gives lectures)
Malay
1 entries- pensyarah noun (person who gives lectures)
Meru
1 entries- muritani noun (person who gives lectures)
Mongolian
3 entries- илтгэгч noun (person who gives lectures)
- лектор noun (person who gives lectures)
- лекц уншигч noun (person who gives lectures)
Māori
2 entries- kaikauhau noun (person who gives lectures)
- kaikauwhau noun (person who gives lectures)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- foredragsholder noun (person who gives lectures)
- foreleser noun (member of university or college)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- foredragshaldar noun (person who gives lectures)
- forelesar noun (member of university or college)
- føredragshaldar noun (person who gives lectures)
- førelesar noun (member of university or college)
Polish
4 entries- wykładowca noun (person who gives lectures)
- wykładowca noun (member of university or college)
- wykładowczyni noun (person who gives lectures)
- wykładowczyni noun (member of university or college)
Portuguese
2 entries- docente noun (member of university or college)
- palestrante noun (person who gives lectures)
Romanian
1 entries- lector noun (person who gives lectures)
Russian
3 entries- доце́нт noun (member of university or college)
- ле́ктор noun (person who gives lectures)
- преподава́тель noun (member of university or college)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- predàvāč noun (person who gives lectures)
- преда̀ва̄ч noun (person who gives lectures)
Slovak
1 entries- prednášajúci noun (person who gives lectures)
Slovene
1 entries- predavatelj noun (person who gives lectures)
Spanish
4 entries- aleccionador noun (person who gives lectures)
- conferenciante noun (person who gives lectures)
- conferencista noun (person who gives lectures)
- docente noun (person who gives lectures)
Swahili
4 entries- mhadhiri noun (person who gives lectures)
- mkufunzi noun (person who gives lectures)
- mkufunzi noun (member of university or college)
- mkufunzi noun (dated: member of the Church of England clergy)
Swedish
1 entries- föreläsare noun (person who gives lectures)
Tajik
1 entries- лектор noun (person who gives lectures)
Thai
2 entries- อาจารย์ noun (person who gives lectures)
- อาจารย์ noun (member of university or college)
Turkish
2 entries- lektör noun (person who gives lectures)
- öğretim görevlisi noun (person who gives lectures)
Turkmen
1 entries- lektor noun (person who gives lectures)
Ukrainian
4 entries- виклада́ч noun (member of university or college)
- виклада́чка noun (member of university or college)
- доце́нт noun (member of university or college)
- ле́ктор noun (person who gives lectures)
Urdu
2 entries- لیکْچَرَر noun (person who gives lectures)
- مُدَرِّس noun (person who gives lectures)
Uyghur
1 entries- لېكتور noun (person who gives lectures)
Uzbek
1 entries- lektor noun (person who gives lectures)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giảng viên noun (person who gives lectures)
Welsh
1 entries- darlithydd noun (person who gives lectures)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The lecturer couldn't get his message across to the audience.
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The lecturer dwelt on some memories of his college days.
Source: tatoeba (241161)
When the lecturer turned round, he sneaked out of the classroom.
Source: tatoeba (241174)
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