instructor
/ɪnˈstɹʌktɚ/
instructor noun: one who instructs; a teacher.
Noun
instructor (plural instructors)
- One who instructs; a teacher.
- According to the National Centre for Education Statistics' most recent numbers (2012), 50% of instructors at degree-granting institutions in the US are part-time. […] Through teaching as an adjunct instructor while still a graduate student, I've had the luxury of developing my career: testing out...2014 March 14, Jacqueline Taylor, “Life without tenure: how I've found fulfilment in US academia”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- instructer
instructor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
instructor in Hindi
- one who instructs; a teacher
- अनुदेशक anudeśak, शिक्षक śikṣak, शिक्षिका śikṣikā, अध्यापक adhyāpak, अध्यापिका adhyāpikā
instructor in Tamil
- பயிற்றுவிப்பாளர், கற்பிப்பவர், ஆசிரியர்
instructor in Urdu
- instructor
- معلم mu'allim
instructor in Bengali
- one who instructs; a teacher
- মুর্শিদ murśid, মুয়াল্লিম muẏallim
More languagesFewer languages
- instructor in Malayalam
- ശിക്ഷകൻ, ഗുരു, പരിശീലകൻ, കായികാഭ്യാസപരിശീലകൻ
- instructor in Kannada
- ಕಲಿಸುಗ
- instructor in Punjabi
- ਇੰਸਟ੍ਰਕਟਰ, ਇੰਸਟਰਕਟਰ
- instructor in Gujarati
- પ્રશિક્ષક
- instructor in Sanskrit
- अनुशासक anuśāsaka
- instructor in Tagalog
- dalubturo, Dtro.
- instructor in Arabic
- مُعَلِّم muʕallim, مُعَلِّمَة muʕallima
- instructor in Persian
- آموزگار âmuzgâr, مدرس modarres, معلم mo'allem
- instructor in Thai
- อาจารย์ aa-jaan
Examples of instructor in a sentence
- The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
- The introductory swimming instructor carried a pile of kickboards to the pool for the children.
Synonyms of instructor
Forms of instructor
| plural | instructors |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | instructour |
Origin of instructor
From Latin instructor, equivalent to instruct + -or.
Words formed from instructor
Questions about instructor
- What does instructor mean?
- Instructor means one who instructs; a teacher.
- What is instructor in Hindi?
- Instructor in Hindi is अनुदेशक (anudeśak), शिक्षक (śikṣak), शिक्षिका (śikṣikā). See Instructor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is instructor?
- Instructor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce instructor?
- Instructor is pronounced /ɪnˈstɹʌktɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of instructor?
- The plural of instructor is instructors.
Words near instructor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: instructor (page history and authors); instructor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); معلم (Urdu) (page history and authors); instructor (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); instructor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instructor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); instructor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अनुशासक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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