My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
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Teacher
//ˈtiː.t͡ʃə//
Synonyms for "teacher" (98 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (49)
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
154 entriesShowing 16 of 154 words.
causes desire
2 entriesderived
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
derived from
1 entriesdesires
7 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
8 entriesnot desires
6 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
516 translations across 197 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- onderwyser noun (person who teaches)
- onderwyseres noun (person who teaches)
Albanian
4 entries- arsimtar noun (person who teaches)
- arsimtare noun (person who teaches)
- mësues noun (person who teaches)
- mësuese noun (person who teaches)
Aleut
1 entries- achixanax noun (person who teaches)
Amharic
1 entries- አስተማሪ noun (person who teaches)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διδάσκαλος noun (person who teaches)
- κατηχητής noun (person who teaches)
Arabic
4 entries- أبلة noun (person who teaches)
- أستاد noun (person who teaches)
- أستادة noun (person who teaches)
- أُسْتَاذ noun (person who teaches)
Armenian
2 entries- դասատու noun (person who teaches)
- ուսուցիչ noun (person who teaches)
Assamese
1 entries- শিক্ষক noun (person who teaches)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
4 entries- ܐܘܼܣܬܵܐܕ݂ noun (person who teaches)
- ܐܘܼܣܬܵܐܕ݂ܬܵܐ noun (person who teaches)
- ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (person who teaches)
- ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ noun (person who teaches)
Asturian
4 entries- maestra noun (person who teaches)
- maestru noun (person who teaches)
- profesor noun (person who teaches)
- profesora noun (person who teaches)
Avar
1 entries- мугӏалим noun (person who teaches)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- müəllim noun (person who teaches)
- müəllimə noun (person who teaches)
Bashkir
1 entries- уҡытыусы noun (person who teaches)
Basque
4 entries- andereño noun (person who teaches)
- irakasle noun (person who teaches)
- irakasle noun (person who teaches)
- maistra noun (person who teaches)
Belarusian
4 entries- выхава́льнік noun (person who teaches)
- выхава́льніца noun (person who teaches)
- наста́ўнік noun (person who teaches)
- наста́ўніца noun (person who teaches)
Bengali
4 entries- অধ্যাপক noun (person who teaches)
- অধ্যাপিকা noun (person who teaches)
- আচার্য noun (person who teaches)
- উপাধ্যায় noun (person who teaches)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- guruu noun (person who teaches)
Bikol Central
1 entries- paratukdo noun (person who teaches)
Bislama
1 entries- tija noun (person who teaches)
Breton
2 entries- kelenner noun (person who teaches)
- kelennerez noun (person who teaches)
Bulgarian
4 entries- преподава́тел noun (person who teaches)
- преподава́телка noun (person who teaches)
- профе́сорка noun (person who teaches)
- учи́тел noun (person who teaches)
Burmese
2 entries- ဆရာ noun (person who teaches)
- ဆရာမ noun (person who teaches)
Buryat
1 entries- багша noun (person who teaches)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- учітель noun (person who teaches)
- учітелька noun (person who teaches)
Catalan
4 entries- ensenyant noun (person who teaches)
- mestra noun (person who teaches)
- mestre noun (person who teaches)
- professor noun (person who teaches)
Cebuano
1 entries- magtutudlo noun (person who teaches)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مامۆستا noun (person who teaches)
Chechen
1 entries- хьехархо noun (person who teaches)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ noun (person who teaches)
Chichewa
1 entries- mphunzitsi noun (person who teaches)
Chinese
4 entries- вуста noun (person who teaches)
- лошы noun (person who teaches)
- нүлошы noun (person who teaches)
- сынён noun (person who teaches)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 先生 noun (person who teaches)
- 教師 /教师 noun (person who teaches)
- 老師 /老师 noun (person who teaches)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 師父 /师父 noun (person who teaches)
- 教員 /教员 noun (person who teaches)
- 教師 /教师 noun (person who teaches)
- 老師 /老师 noun (person who teaches)
Chukchi
1 entries- кэлиныгйивэтыльын noun (person who teaches)
Chuukese
1 entries- sense noun (person who teaches)
Chuvash
2 entries- вӗрентекен noun (person who teaches)
- учитель noun (person who teaches)
Coptic
4 entries- ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲁⲧⲉⲟⲥ noun (person who teaches)
- ⲕⲁⲑⲏⲅⲉⲧⲏⲥ noun (person who teaches)
- ⲣⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ noun (person who teaches)
- ⲥⲁϧ noun (person who teaches)
Cornish
3 entries- adhyskonydh noun (person who teaches)
- dyskador noun (person who teaches)
- dyskadores noun (person who teaches)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- muallim noun (person who teaches)
Czech
2 entries- učitel noun (person who teaches)
- učitelka noun (person who teaches)
Danish
2 entries- lærer noun (person who teaches)
- lærerinde noun (person who teaches)
Daur
2 entries- bakx noun (person who teaches)
- seb noun (person who teaches)
Dolgan
1 entries- учитель noun (person who teaches)
Dutch
4 entries- docent noun (person who teaches)
- docente noun (person who teaches)
- leerkracht noun (person who teaches)
- leraar noun (person who teaches)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- ача noun (person who teaches)
- учитель noun (person who teaches)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 老師 /老师 noun (person who teaches)
Erzya
1 entries- тонавтыця noun (person who teaches)
Esperanto
2 entries- instruistino noun (person who teaches)
- instruisto noun (person who teaches)
Estonian
1 entries- õpetaja noun (person who teaches)
Even
2 entries- учитель noun (person who teaches)
- хупкучимӈэ̇ noun (person who teaches)
Evenki
4 entries- алагӯмнӣ noun (person who teaches)
- татка̄мӈӯ noun (person who teaches)
- татыга̄мнӣ noun (person who teaches)
- учитель noun (person who teaches)
Faroese
1 entries- lærari noun (person who teaches)
Finnish
3 entries- opettaja noun (person who teaches)
- opettajatar noun (person who teaches)
- opetus noun (indication; lesson)
French
4 entries- enseignant noun (person who teaches)
- instituteur noun (person who teaches)
- maître d'école noun (person who teaches)
- professeur noun (person who teaches)
Galician
4 entries- ensinante noun (person who teaches)
- escolante noun (person who teaches)
- mestra noun (person who teaches)
- mestre noun (person who teaches)
Georgian
2 entries- მასწავლებელი noun (person who teaches)
- პედაგოგი noun (person who teaches)
German
2 entries- Lehrer noun (person who teaches)
- Lehrerin noun (person who teaches)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (person who teaches)
- 𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 noun (person who teaches)
Greek
2 entries- δάσκαλος noun (person who teaches)
- δασκάλα noun (person who teaches)
Gujarati
1 entries- શિક્ષક noun (person who teaches)
Hakka Chinese
3 entries- 先生 noun (person who teaches)
- 教師 /教师 noun (person who teaches)
- 老師 /老师 noun (person who teaches)
Hausa
1 entries- malami noun (person who teaches)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kumu noun (person who teaches)
Hebrew
2 entries- מוֹרֶה noun (person who teaches)
- מוֹרָה noun (person who teaches)
Hindi
4 entries- अध्यापक noun (person who teaches)
- अध्यापिका noun (person who teaches)
- आचार्य noun (person who teaches)
- आचार्या noun (person who teaches)
Hungarian
4 entries- oktató noun (person who teaches)
- pedagógus noun (person who teaches)
- tanár noun (person who teaches)
- tanárnő noun (person who teaches)
Hunsrik
2 entries- Leerer noun (person who teaches)
- Leerin noun (person who teaches)
Icelandic
2 entries- kennari noun (person who teaches)
- kennslukona noun (person who teaches)
Ido
1 entries- instruktisto noun (person who teaches)
Ifè
1 entries- akɔ́nɛ noun (person who teaches)
Igala
1 entries- ítíchà noun (person who teaches)
Inari Sami
1 entries- opâtteijee noun (person who teaches)
Indonesian
2 entries- guru noun (person who teaches)
- pengajar noun (person who teaches)
Interlingua
4 entries- inseniator noun (person who teaches)
- instructor noun (person who teaches)
- maestro noun (person who teaches)
- magistro noun (person who teaches)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐃᓕᓭᔨ noun (person who teaches)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- آموزانَنْدِه noun (person who teaches)
- آموزْگار noun (person who teaches)
- اُسْتاد noun (person who teaches)
- مُعَلِّم noun (person who teaches)
Irish
1 entries- múinteoir noun (person who teaches)
Italian
4 entries- aio noun (person who teaches)
- docente noun (person who teaches)
- educatore noun (person who teaches)
- insegnante noun (person who teaches)
Japanese
2 entries- 先生 noun (person who teaches)
- 教師 noun (person who teaches)
Javanese
2 entries- dwija noun (person who teaches)
- guru noun (person who teaches)
Jeju
4 entries- 선셍 noun (person who teaches)
- 선승 noun (person who teaches)
- 선싕 noun (person who teaches)
- 선싕님 noun (person who teaches)
Judeo-Tat
1 entries- мэгӀлуьм noun (person who teaches)
Kalmyk
2 entries- багш noun (person who teaches)
- сурһач noun (person who teaches)
Kamba
1 entries- mwaalimu noun (person who teaches)
Kannada
3 entries- ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ noun (person who teaches)
- ಗುರು noun (person who teaches)
- ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ noun (person who teaches)
Kazakh
2 entries- мұғалім noun (person who teaches)
- оқытушы noun (person who teaches)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- āchìmhāi noun (person who teaches)
- āchīm noun (person who teaches)
Khmer
4 entries- គ្រូ noun (person who teaches)
- គ្រូបង្រៀន noun (person who teaches)
- លោកគ្រូ noun (person who teaches)
- អាចរិយ noun (person who teaches)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũrutani noun (person who teaches)
Kis
1 entries- mwaalimu noun (person who teaches)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- велӧтісь noun (person who teaches)
Korean
3 entries- 교사 noun (person who teaches)
- 선생 noun (person who teaches)
- 선생님 noun (person who teaches)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- мугалим noun (person who teaches)
- окутуучу noun (person who teaches)
Ladino
2 entries- maestro noun (person who teaches)
- professor noun (person who teaches)
Lao
3 entries- ຄູ noun (person who teaches)
- ນາຍຄູ noun (person who teaches)
- ອາຈານ noun (person who teaches)
Latin
4 entries- docens noun (person who teaches)
- doctor noun (person who teaches)
- doctrix noun (person who teaches)
- litterātor noun (person who teaches)
Latvian
2 entries- skolotāja noun (person who teaches)
- skolotājs noun (person who teaches)
Lishana Deni
2 entries- אסתאדא noun (person who teaches)
- מעלם noun (person who teaches)
Lithuanian
4 entries- dėstytoja noun (person who teaches)
- dėstytojas noun (person who teaches)
- mokytoja noun (person who teaches)
- mokytojas noun (person who teaches)
Livonian
1 entries- opātiji noun (person who teaches)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- ceptarka noun (person who teaches)
- ceptaŕ noun (person who teaches)
- wucabnica noun (person who teaches)
- wucabnik noun (person who teaches)
Luganda
1 entries- omusomesa noun (person who teaches)
Luhya
1 entries- omwalimu noun (person who teaches)
Luo
1 entries- japuonj noun (person who teaches)
Lushootseed
2 entries- dxʷsʔugʷucidid noun (person who teaches)
- dxʷsʔugʷusaɬ noun (person who teaches)
Lü
4 entries- ᦁᦱᦈᦱᧃ noun (person who teaches)
- ᦆᦴ noun (person who teaches)
- ᦆᦴᦉᦸᧃ noun (person who teaches)
- ᦗᦸᧈᦆᦴ noun (person who teaches)
Macedonian
4 entries- воспиту́вачка noun (person who teaches)
- воспитувач noun (person who teaches)
- наста́вничка noun (person who teaches)
- наставник noun (person who teaches)
Malagasy
1 entries- mpampianatra noun (person who teaches)
Malay
2 entries- cikgu noun (person who teaches)
- guru noun (person who teaches)
Malayalam
3 entries- അദ്ധ്യാപകന് noun (person who teaches)
- അദ്ധ്യാപിക noun (person who teaches)
- ഗുരു noun (person who teaches)
Maltese
2 entries- għalliem noun (person who teaches)
- għalliema noun (person who teaches)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠰᡝᡶᡠ noun (person who teaches)
Manx
1 entries- ynseyder noun (person who teaches)
Marathi
3 entries- गुरु noun (person who teaches)
- टीचर noun (person who teaches)
- शिक्षक noun (person who teaches)
Meru
1 entries- mwarimo noun (person who teaches)
Middle High German
1 entries- wīsære noun (person who teaches)
Mingrelian
1 entries- მაგურაფალი noun (person who teaches)
Moksha
2 entries- тонафты noun (person who teaches)
- учитель noun (person who teaches)
Mongolian
2 entries- багш noun (person who teaches)
- ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ noun (person who teaches)
Māori
2 entries- kaiwhakaako noun (person who teaches)
- māhita kura noun (person who teaches)
Navajo
1 entries- báʼóltaʼí noun (person who teaches)
Nepali
1 entries- शिक्षक noun (person who teaches)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- fundi noun (person who teaches)
Norman
1 entries- ensîngnant noun (person who teaches)
North Frisian
1 entries- Skuulmaister noun (person who teaches)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- hînker noun (person who teaches)
- mamosta noun (person who teaches)
Northern Sami
1 entries- oahpaheaddji noun (person who teaches)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- frøken noun (person who teaches)
- lærer noun (person who teaches)
- lærerinne noun (person who teaches)
- skolelærer noun (person who teaches)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lærar noun (person who teaches)
- lærarinne noun (person who teaches)
Occitan
4 entries- ensenhaira noun (person who teaches)
- ensenhaire noun (person who teaches)
- ensenhairitz noun (person who teaches)
- ensenhant noun (person who teaches)
Odia
1 entries- ଶିକ୍ଷକ noun (person who teaches)
Ojibwe
1 entries- gekinoo'amaaged noun (person who teaches)
Old English
1 entries- lārēow noun (person who teaches)
Old Javanese
1 entries- guru noun (person who teaches)
Osage
1 entries- wakǫ́ze noun (person who teaches)
Ossetian
1 entries- ахуыргӕнӕг noun (person who teaches)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- خواجه noun (person who teaches)
- معلم noun (person who teaches)
Pali
2 entries- guru noun (person who teaches)
- ācariya noun (person who teaches)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- учитель noun (person who teaches)
- учителька noun (person who teaches)
Pashto
4 entries- استاد noun (person who teaches)
- استاذ noun (person who teaches)
- معلم noun (person who teaches)
- ښوونکی noun (person who teaches)
Pijin
1 entries- tisa noun (person who teaches)
Polish
3 entries- belfer noun (person who teaches)
- nauczyciel noun (person who teaches)
- nauczycielka noun (person who teaches)
Portuguese
4 entries- docente noun (person who teaches)
- ensino noun (indication; lesson)
- lição noun (indication; lesson)
- professor noun (person who teaches)
Punjabi
3 entries- ادھیاپک noun (person who teaches)
- استاد noun (person who teaches)
- ਅਧਿਆਪਕ noun (person who teaches)
Quechua
1 entries- yachachiq noun (person who teaches)
Romagnol
2 entries- majèstar noun (person who teaches)
- mèstar noun (person who teaches)
Romani
1 entries- siklǎrno noun (person who teaches)
Romanian
3 entries- profesoară noun (person who teaches)
- profesor noun (person who teaches)
- învățător noun (person who teaches)
Russian
4 entries- наста́вник noun (person who teaches)
- наста́вница noun (person who teaches)
- преподава́тель noun (person who teaches)
- преподава́тельница noun (person who teaches)
Sanskrit
4 entries- अध्यापक noun (person who teaches)
- आचार्य noun (person who teaches)
- गुरु noun (person who teaches)
- शिक्षक noun (person who teaches)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- bean-teagaisg noun (person who teaches)
- fear-teagaisg noun (person who teaches)
- muinear noun (person who teaches)
- neach-teagaisg noun (person who teaches)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nastavnica noun (person who teaches)
- nastavnik noun (person who teaches)
- učitelj noun (person who teaches)
- učiteljka noun (person who teaches)
Shor
1 entries- ӱргедигчи noun (person who teaches)
Sinhalese
3 entries- ආචාර්ය noun (person who teaches)
- ගුරුතුමා noun (person who teaches)
- ගුරුවරයා noun (person who teaches)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- uʹčteeʹl noun (person who teaches)
Slovak
2 entries- učiteľ noun (person who teaches)
- učiteľka noun (person who teaches)
Slovene
2 entries- učítelj noun (person who teaches)
- učíteljica noun (person who teaches)
Sotho
1 entries- titjhere noun (person who teaches)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ӱредӱчи noun (person who teaches)
Spanish
4 entries- docente noun (person who teaches)
- enseñador noun (person who teaches)
- enseñante noun (person who teaches)
- institutor noun (person who teaches)
Swahili
2 entries- maalim noun (person who teaches)
- mwalimu noun (person who teaches)
Swedish
3 entries- fröken noun (person who teaches)
- lärare noun (person who teaches)
- lärarinna noun (person who teaches)
Tagalog
4 entries- guro noun (person who teaches)
- maestra noun (person who teaches)
- maestro noun (person who teaches)
- titser noun (person who teaches)
Tajik
3 entries- муаллим noun (person who teaches)
- омӯзгор noun (person who teaches)
- устод noun (person who teaches)
Tamil
3 entries- ஆசிரியர் noun (person who teaches)
- குரு noun (person who teaches)
- வாத்தியார் noun (person who teaches)
Taos
1 entries- mèstuʼúna noun (person who teaches)
Tatar
3 entries- мөгаллим noun (person who teaches)
- остаз noun (person who teaches)
- укытучы noun (person who teaches)
Telugu
1 entries- ఉపాధ్యాయుడు noun (person who teaches)
Thai
2 entries- ครู noun (person who teaches)
- อาจารย์ noun (person who teaches)
Tibetan
1 entries- དགེ་རྒན noun (person who teaches)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መምህር noun (person who teaches)
Tocharian A
1 entries- käṣṣi noun (person who teaches)
Tocharian B
1 entries- käṣṣī noun (person who teaches)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- tisa noun (person who teaches)
Turkish
3 entries- hoca noun (person who teaches)
- muallim noun (person who teaches)
- öğretmen noun (person who teaches)
Turkmen
1 entries- mugallym noun (person who teaches)
Udmurt
1 entries- дышетӥсь noun (person who teaches)
Ukrainian
4 entries- виклада́ч noun (person who teaches)
- виклада́чка noun (person who teaches)
- вчи́тель noun (person who teaches)
- вчи́телька noun (person who teaches)
Urdu
4 entries- اَدھیاپَک noun (person who teaches)
- اُسْتاد noun (person who teaches)
- اُسْتانی noun (person who teaches)
- مُعَلِّم noun (person who teaches)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئوقۇتقۇچى noun (person who teaches)
- ئۇستاز noun (person who teaches)
- مۇئەللىم noun (person who teaches)
Uzbek
2 entries- o'qituvchi noun (person who teaches)
- oʻqituvchi noun (person who teaches)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cô giáo noun (person who teaches)
- giáo viên noun (person who teaches)
Volapük
4 entries- hitidan noun (person who teaches)
- jitidan noun (person who teaches)
- kladahitidan noun (person who teaches)
- kladajitidan noun (person who teaches)
Walloon
4 entries- dame di scole noun (person who teaches)
- mwaisse di scole noun (person who teaches)
- prof noun (person who teaches)
- professeur noun (person who teaches)
Welsh
3 entries- athrawes noun (person who teaches)
- athro noun (person who teaches)
- dysgwr noun (person who teaches)
West-Frisian
1 entries- learaar noun (person who teaches)
Western Apache
1 entries- bik’eh da’ółtagí noun (person who teaches)
White Hmong
1 entries- thawj xibhwb noun (person who teaches)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 老師 /老师 noun (person who teaches)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- малим noun (person who teaches)
Yakut
2 entries- учуутал noun (person who teaches)
- үөрэтээччи noun (person who teaches)
Yapese
1 entries- sensey noun (person who teaches)
Yiddish
2 entries- לערער noun (person who teaches)
- לערערין noun (person who teaches)
Yoruba
1 entries- olùkọ́ noun (person who teaches)
Zazaki
1 entries- musner c musnayoğ c ma'lim c xoca (diq) noun (person who teaches)
Zhuang
1 entries- lauxsae noun (person who teaches)
Zulu
2 entries- umfundisi noun (person who teaches)
- uthisha class 1a/2a noun (person who teaches)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.
Source: tatoeba (1828)
Being a teacher, you must learn to keep a tight rein on your emotions.
Source: tatoeba (16313)
Your suggestion will be rejected by the teacher.
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