mentor
/ˈmɛn.tɔː/US/ˈmɛn.toɹ/
mentor noun: a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
Noun
mentor (plural mentors)
- A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.2006, Lisa Johnson, Mind Your X's and Y's
- I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?2009, Reif Larsen, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Pinguin Books, page 26
Verb
mentor (third-person singular simple present mentors, present participle mentoring, simple past and past participle mentored)
- To act as someone's mentor.
- After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.2008 September 8, Richard Halloran, “Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role”, in Taipei Times, Taipai, page 9
- I want to get people motivated about mentoring students, to help them get excited about staying in school, finding their passion, and starting a career.2016 September 16, Soledad O'Brien, “Soledad O'Brien: We Should Rethink What Mentoring Means”, in Time, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2025
Proper noun capitalized: Mentor
Mentor (countable and uncountable, plural Mentors)
- Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saline County, Kansas.
- A minor city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
- A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
- A township in Oscoda County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Polk County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri.
- A city in Lake County, Ohio, the largest place with this name, named after the Greek Mentor.
- An unincorporated community in Garfield County, Washington.
- A ghost town in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
mentor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mentor in Hindi
- wise and trusted counselor or teacher
- मार्गदर्शक mārgadarśak
mentor in Tamil
- நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய அறிவுரையாளர், குரு, குரவர், வழிகாட்டுபவர், ஆசிரியர், கற்றுக் கொடுப்பவர்
mentor in Urdu
- mentor, tutor
- اتالیق atālīq
mentor in Bengali
- পরামর্শদাতা
More languagesFewer languages
- mentor in Malayalam
- ഉപദേഷ്ടാവ്, ദേശികൻ
- mentor in Kannada
- ಆಪ್ತ ಸಲಹಾಕಾರ, ಆದಿಗುರು, ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ, ಅರಿಗ
- mentor in Gujarati
- શિક્ષક śikṣak
- mentor in Nepali
- गुरु guru
- mentor in Indonesian
- mentor, pembimbing
Examples of mentor in a sentence
- My research is an extension of the work of my mentor.
- This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.
- He unretired for 18 months because the company was willing to pay him well to mentor some new employees.
Forms of mentor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mentors |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mentors |
| present participle | mentoring |
| past participle | mentored |
| past | mentored |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mentors |
Origin of mentor
From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).
Words formed from mentor
Words that rhyme with mentor
- center
- enter
- tormentor
- concentre
- presenter
- renter
- stentor
- venter
- accentor
- cementer
- decentre
- preventer
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- reenter
- tenter
- assenter
- fermenter
- hypocentre
- indenter
- off-centre
- Valley Center
- absenter
- assentor
- augmenter
- augmentor
- barycentre
- centre
- coinventor
- concenter
- consenter
- correction center
- correction centre
- decenter
- dementor
- dissenter
- entre
- fermentor
- fomenter
- incenter
- incentre
- indentor
- innoventor
- inventer
- inventor
- inventour
- lamenter
- metacentre
- misenter
- off-center
- orthocenter
- orthocentre
- precentor
- re-enter
- re-entre
- reentre
- repenter
- representer
- salipenter
- Siberian accentor
- tormenter
Questions about mentor
- What does mentor mean?
- Mentor means a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- What is mentor in Hindi?
- Mentor in Hindi is मार्गदर्शक (mārgadarśak). See Mentor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mentor?
- Mentor can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mentor?
- Mentor is pronounced /ˈmɛn.tɔː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mentor?
- The plural of mentor is mentors.
Words near mentor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mentor (page history and authors); Mentor (page history and authors); mentor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتالیق (Urdu) (page history and authors); mentor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mentor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mentor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गुरु (Nepali) (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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