Word Type

Noun

The word "professor" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

answer question carve rock chair department chair discussion field question speak at lecture speak many languages study subject talk on subject of expertise time test wait for tenure

Derived Terms

James B. Duke professor Professor's Cube Sterling professor absent-minded professor adjunct professor assistant professor associate professor brofessor distinguished professor extraordinary professor full professor institute professor little professor mad professor nonprofessor president's professor professor ordinarius professorate professordom professoress professoriat professoriate professorine professoring professorish professorless professorlike professorling professorly professorship regents professor regents' professor research professor subprofessor university professor visiting professor

Desires

smart students

Context

slang us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

academic academician faculty member

Type Of (IsA)

academic academician book teacher

Related Terms

professorial profestrix regius professor

Related Terms

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Synonym Network

prof

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