Word Type

Proper Noun

Noun

Verb

The word "dean" can be used as proper noun, noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

university

Derived Terms

Dean Park Dean and Shelton Dean of the Arches East Dean Forest of Dean Wendover Dean West Dean Westdean archdean dean and chapter deanery deaness deanship rural dean subdean undean

Etymologically Related To

den

Context

roman catholic sussex

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

academic administrator cardinal elder senior

Type Of (IsA)

academic administrator administrator cardinal elder

Related Terms

Dane Deane decanal doyen

Related Terms

bishop canons chapter church college dane deane decanal dignitary disciplinary doyen england faculty hamlet hill official preside senior serve subordinate university village

Synonym Network

james byron dean provost

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.