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professor

Divide professor into syllables:

pro · fes · sor

How to pronounce professor:

Synonyms for professor:

academic
academician
assistant professor
associate professor
coach
dean
docent
doctor
don
educator
faculty
faculty member
fellow
full professor
head of faculty
headmaster
instructor
lecturer
master
mistress
pedagogue
prof
reader
rector
schoolmaster
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Antonyms for professor:

acolyte
adherent
amateur
apprentice
attendant
baby
beginner
bookworm
coed
dabbler
dependant
devotee
dilettante
disciple
docent
follower
fresher
freshman
freshwoman
grad
graduate
graduate student
greenhorn
ignoramus
inexpert
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