Tutor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A private instructor.
  • n. One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.
  • n. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.
  • n. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities.
  • n. Law The legal guardian of a minor and of the minor's property.
  • v. To act as a tutor to; instruct or teach privately.
  • v. To have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of.
  • verb-intransitive. To function as a tutor.
  • verb-intransitive. To be instructed by a tutor; study under a tutor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
  • v. To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
  • n. A treasurer; a keeper.
  • n. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
  • n. A private or public teacher.
  • n. An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
  • n. An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
  • v. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.
  • v. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A guardian.
  • n. In law, the guardian of a boy or girl in pupilarity.
  • n. One who has the care of instructing another in various branches or in any branch of learning; a private instructor; also, a teacher or instructor in anything.
  • n. In Eng. universities, an officer who is specially intrusted with the care of the undergraduates of his college.
  • n. In U. S. colleges, a teacher subordinate to a professor, usually appointed for a year or a term of years.
  • To have the guardianship or care of.
  • To instruct; teach.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
  • v. act as a guardian to someone
  • v. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
  • Verb Form
    tutored    tutoring    tutors   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    relate    interrelate    instruct    learn    teach   
    Form
    tutored    tutoring    tutee    tutorship   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    treasurer    keeper    guardian    teach    instruct    teacher    coach    discipline   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Souter    commuter    computer    cooter    cuter    hooter    looter    luter    microcomputer    minicomputer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adviser    instructor    mentor    governess    chaplain    professor    clergyman    physician    schoolmaster    guardian