docents

noun

plural of docent
as in professors

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docents
  1. professors
  2. instructors
  3. educators
  4. doctors
  5. schoolteachers
  6. deans
  7. preceptors
  8. guides
Noun
  • Cuban schools lack teachers A widespread lack of professors prompted the government to send more than 3,000 teachers from Cuba’s eastern provinces to schools in Havana as teacher coverage fell to 73% across the island.
    — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The opportunity to learn from professionals in the field about working on engines and also learning from Miami-Dade College professors has been a huge benefit, said Rangel, the auto tech.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of professors
Noun
  • The team has 15 students and two instructors and meets weekly, Simons said.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The studios offer a variety of yoga styles, including hatha, vinyasa, yin, and yoga nidra, all guided by certified instructors.
    — Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • With students’ unmet needs often becoming more apparent in middle and high school, when academic demands increase and educators have less time and fewer resources to help, Ybarra stressed the importance of addressing those needs earlier.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Under the policy announced Wednesday, a new Technology in Schools Coalition of educators, parents, students and others will evaluate the impacts of the moratorium and make recommendations for future school years.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of educators
Noun
  • Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel and his brothers Zeke and Rahm have donated $550,000 towards a program to train Palestinian doctors from the West Bank at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Knight claimed that Afeni allegedly gave her son pills to end his life, though doctors brought him back.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteachers
Noun
  • Each academic school hosts their own ceremony, with students attending various departments — plus deans and senior leadership — all clad in their cardinal and gold regalia, marching behind their banners across the campus.
    — Staff report, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … 'THIS IS RIDICULOUS' — Med school deans come up empty in tense hearing when asked point blank if men can have babies.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of deans
Noun
  • There are not nearly enough supervisors, known as preceptors, willing to take on students for those 500 hours of training.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of preceptors
Noun
  • Its reports became known as standards, technical guides to safely design and construct a product.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Content creators from across the political spectrum are making guides on the best tools to cut down Flock cameras, blasting them off poles with shotguns, and dissecting every misstep the company makes.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of guides
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“Docents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docents. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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