didact

noun

Definition of didactnext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of didact Gordon Chester, 39, a city engineering technician in the public works department, is an urban housing policy auto-didact. — Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026 Jamie says that her father was an ardent family man, attentive, affectionate, an unending didact who crammed his kids with poetry, music, Hebrew lessons. — David Denby, The New Yorker, 16 June 2018 The most unlikely challenge to Boston’s visual didacts came from those who couldn’t see at all. — Justin T. Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for didact
  1. teacher
  2. instructor
  3. pedant
  4. educator
  5. academician
  6. academe
  7. schoolteacher
  8. pedagogue
Noun
  • In 2024, two Michigan high school students were sitting in the bleachers during a student-teacher basketball game when their physical education teacher collapsed from cardiac arrest.
    — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • When the Gulf state launched its golden visa in 2019, the government offered 10-year residency to people who could invest at least $545,000 into property as well as to researchers, teachers and specialized talent.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • During one middle school mariachi practice, an instructor encourages a girl to come out of her shell and yell excitedly.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kreiz is an avid kite surfer whose post-college job was as an instructor at a Club Med and is fond of recalling the story of delivering his baby daughter in the back of a car in front of Paddington Station in London.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Perhaps only a pedant—or a hypocrite—would fuss about that kind of imprecision.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Rarely is there much conceptual overlap between the categories of pedant and genius.
    — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
Definition of pedant
Noun
  • Jeff Woltz, a beloved educator in Cincinnati, Ohio, died after suffering a heart attack, Colerain High School announced.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, educators say the challenge is using the technology without skipping the parts of learning that build foundational skills.
    — Corynn Winston, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of educator
Noun
  • While scientists around the globe believe there's water ice on the moon, said Ye Peijian, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, no one has definitively found and fully evaluated that resource as yet.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The framing story follows Toño, a struggling writer, would-be academician and lifelong devotee of traditional Peruvian creole music.
    — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 24 May 2026
Definition of academician
Noun
  • And in the academe, there is a growing demand for nuclear science education.
    — Lorela U. Sandoval, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • Different goals lead to different strategies The differences between industry and academe begin with a divergence in purpose.
    — Maysam Ghovanloo, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2026
Definition of academe
Noun
  • Related Stories Set in the Iranian village of Goorankesh, housed in an incredibly arid and seemingly inhospitable region, the film follows schoolteacher Davoud Soulan (Mohammad Rahimi), whose job lies on precarious foundations.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Her performance as a schoolteacher earned her a Filmfare Award South for best female debut.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of schoolteacher
Noun
  • The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of pedagogue

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“Didact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didact. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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