My tutor scolded me for my stupid behavior.
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Tutor
//ˈtutɚ//
Synonyms for "tutor" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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7 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παιδαγωγός noun (one who teaches another)
Bulgarian
3 entries- възпитател noun (one who teaches another)
- домашен учител noun (one who teaches another)
- давам уроци verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
Catalan
1 entries- tutor noun (one who teaches another)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 家庭教師 /家庭教师 noun (one who teaches another)
- 私人教師 /私人教师 noun (one who teaches another)
- 个人辅导 verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
- 輔導 /辅导 verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
Danish
3 entries- hjælpelærer noun (one who teaches another)
- lektiehjælper noun (one who teaches another)
- privatlærer noun (one who teaches another)
Dutch
3 entries- mentor noun (one who teaches another)
- privé-leraar noun (one who teaches another)
- studiebegeleider noun (one who teaches another)
Finnish
4 entries- tukari noun (one who teaches another)
- tukioppilas noun (one who teaches another)
- tutor noun (one who teaches another)
- tutori noun (one who teaches another)
Galician
2 entries- aio noun (one who teaches another)
- titor noun (one who teaches another)
German
2 entries- Lehrer noun (one who teaches another)
- Nachhilfelehrer noun (one who teaches another)
Greek
1 entries- προγυμναστής noun (one who teaches another)
Hebrew
1 entries- מורה פרטי noun (one who teaches another)
Higaonon
1 entries- magtutudlo noun (one who teaches another)
Irish
3 entries- oide noun (one who teaches another)
- teagascóir noun (one who teaches another)
- teagasc verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
Italian
4 entries- aia noun (one who teaches another)
- aio noun (one who teaches another)
- istitutore noun (one who teaches another)
- istitutrice noun (one who teaches another)
Japanese
1 entries- 家庭教師 noun (one who teaches another)
Korean
1 entries- 튜터 noun (one who teaches another)
Latin
4 entries- praeceptor noun (one who teaches another)
- praeceptrix noun (one who teaches another)
- tutor noun (one who teaches another)
- ēductor noun (one who teaches another)
Macedonian
2 entries- воспи́тувач noun (one who teaches another)
- у́чител noun (one who teaches another)
Māori
1 entries- pouako noun (one who teaches another)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- gruppelærer noun (one who teaches another)
- hjelpelærer noun (one who teaches another)
- privatlærer noun (one who teaches another)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Priewautliera noun (one who teaches another)
Polish
1 entries- tutor noun (one who teaches another)
Portuguese
3 entries- tutor noun (one who teaches another)
- tutelar verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
- tutorar verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
Romanian
2 entries- meditator noun (one who teaches another)
- medita verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
Russian
2 entries- репети́тор noun (one who teaches another)
- дава́ть уро́ки verb (to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- skrbkinja noun (one who teaches another)
- skȓbnīk noun (one who teaches another)
- скр̑бнӣк noun (one who teaches another)
- скрбкиња noun (one who teaches another)
Spanish
4 entries- acudiente noun (one who teaches another)
- contutor (disused) noun (one who teaches another)
- protutor noun (one who teaches another)
- tutor noun (one who teaches another)
Swedish
4 entries- guvernant noun (one who teaches another)
- informator noun (one who teaches another)
- lärare noun (one who teaches another)
- privatlärare noun (one who teaches another)
Thai
1 entries- ครูพิเศษ noun (one who teaches another)
Turkish
1 entries- lala noun (one who teaches another)
Ukrainian
1 entries- репети́тор noun (one who teaches another)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gia sư noun (one who teaches another)
Welsh
2 entries- tiwtor noun (one who teaches another)
- tiwtores noun (one who teaches another)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
As I am not good at math, I hope my parents will allow me to have a private tutor.
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I've hired a private tutor to help me practice my German conversation.
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I hired a private tutor to help me with math homework.
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