teacher
Syllables: tea·cher/ˈtiː.t͡ʃəː//ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/
teacher noun: a person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
Noun
teacher (plural teachers)
- A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
- One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1
- The index finger; the forefinger.
- Synonyms:
- index finger
- An indication; a lesson.
- But if the last two years are a teacher, look for the bombastic tweets to resume before sunrise.2017 February 28, Steve LeVine, “Trump Speech to Congress: The Message Was Trumpian, But The Tone Was Decidedly Not”, in Quartz
- The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.
teacher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
teacher in Hindi
- person who teaches
- अध्यापक adhyāpak, अध्यापिका adhyāpikā, शिक्षक śikṣak, शिक्षिका śikṣikā, आचार्य ācārya, आचार्या ācāryā
teacher in Tamil
- person who teaches
- ஆசிரியர் āciriyar, குரு kuru, வாத்தியார் vāttiyār
teacher in Marathi
- person who teaches
- शिक्षक śikṣak, टीचर ṭīcar, गुरु guru
teacher in Urdu
- person who teaches
- مُعَلِّم mu'allim, ٹِیچَر ṭīcar, اُسْتاد ustād, اَدھیاپَک adhyāpak, اُسْتانی ustāni
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- teacher in Bengali
- শিক্ষক śikkhok, আচার্য acarjo, গুরু guru, ওস্তাদ ōstad
- teacher in Telugu
- ఉపాధ్యాయుడు upādhyāyuḍu
- teacher in Malayalam
- അദ്ധ്യാപകന് addhyāpakaṉ, ഗുരു guru, അദ്ധ്യാപിക addhyāpika
- teacher in Kannada
- ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ śikṣaka, ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ adhyāpaka, ಗುರು guru
- teacher in Punjabi
- ਅਧਿਆਪਕ adhiāpak, ادھیاپک
- teacher in Gujarati
- શિક્ષક śikṣak
- teacher in Odia
- ଶିକ୍ଷକ śikṣaka
- teacher in Sanskrit
- गुरु guru, आचार्य ācārya, अध्यापक adhyāpaka, शिक्षक śikṣaka
- teacher in Sinhala
- ගුරුතුමා gurutumā, ගුරුවරයා guruwarayā, ආචාර්ය ācārya
- teacher in Assamese
- শিক্ষক xikhok
- teacher in Nepali
- शिक्षक śikṣak
- teacher in Pashto
- استاد ostād, استاذ ostāz, ښوونکی x̌owunkay, معلم mo'alem
- teacher in Tagalog
- guro, maestro, maestra, titser
- teacher in Arabic
- مُعَلِّم muʕallim, مُعَلِّمَة muʕallima, مُدَرِّس mudarris, مُدَرِّسَة mudarrisa
- teacher in Malay
- guru, cikgu
- teacher in Indonesian
- guru, pengajar
- teacher in Thai
- ครู kruu, อาจารย์ aa-jaan
- teacher in Vietnamese
- giáo viên, cô giáo
- teacher in Myanmar
- ဆရာ hca.ra, ဆရာမ hca.rama.
Examples of teacher in a sentence
- The teacher asked the students to write a report on current events.
- The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
- The Spanish teacher told the student to use the imperfect tense instead of the preterite tense.
Synonyms of teacher
Forms of teacher
| plural | teachers |
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Origin of teacher
From Middle English techere, equivalent to teach + -er. More at teach.
Words formed from teacher
- co-teacher
- coteacher
- cyberteacher
- e-teacher
- experience is the best teacher
- exteacher
- ex-teacher
- failure is the best teacher
- headteacher
- head teacher
- home teacher
- microteacher
- nonteacher
- parent-teacher association
- parent-teacher organization
- parent-teacher-student association
- pastor-teacher
- plant teacher
- pupil teacher
- relief teacher
- school teacher
- schoolteacher
- student teacher
- substitute teacher
- subteacher
- superteacher
- supply teacher
- teacherage
- teacher bird
- teacher-centered
- teachercentric
- teacherdom
- teachered
- teacherese
- teacheress
- teacherhood
- teachering
- teacherish
- teacherless
- teacherlike
- teacherly
- teacherness
- teacher planning day
- teachership
- teacher's pet
- teacher work day
- teacher workday
- teachery
- team teacher
- teleteacher
- underteacher
- unteacher
Phrases with teacher
Words that rhyme with teacher
Questions about teacher
- What does teacher mean?
- Teacher means a person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
- What is teacher in Hindi?
- Teacher in Hindi is अध्यापक (adhyāpak), अध्यापिका (adhyāpikā), शिक्षक (śikṣak). See Teacher meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is teacher?
- Teacher is a noun.
- How do you pronounce teacher?
- Teacher is pronounced /ˈtiː.t͡ʃəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of teacher?
- The plural of teacher is teachers.
Words near teacher in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: teacher (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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