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noun

plural of mentor
as in advisers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mentor
as in guides
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts

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Recent Examples of mentors
Verb
Hamade, who mentors much of CentraLife’s advisor network directly, frames the company’s growth less as a sales story than an infrastructure one. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Hal, a veteran of the Green Lantern Corps, begrudgingly mentors his new replacement while unraveling an alien mystery in rural Nebraska. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026 Lee has spoken in depth about playing Iroh, who helps Aang and eventually mentors his nephew Zuko. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026 Students Build the ‘Frankenbird’ The robotic decoys were built by students from Jackson Hole High School working with Gary Duquette, a former engineering teacher who now mentors robotics students through the nonprofit Wonder Institute. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026 Nicole plays a seventies-era, punk-Vivienne Westwood type who mentors my character. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 The man gets his exiled nephew a job on Wall Street and mentors him. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026 That includes Susan Brennan, a former director of the program and a cognitive scientist at Stony Brook University, who mentors applicants throughout the state of New York. — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026 Coach Rafael Arutyunyan has trained Olympic champion Nathan Chen and now mentors Ilia Malinin, the only skater to land a quad axel. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentors
  1. advisers
  2. guides
  3. teachers
  4. coaches
  5. counselors
  6. instructors
Noun
  • Greenway's founders and advisers include tech executives, CEOs, a onetime Vermont secretary of education, a NASA engineer and current and former administrators from Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Tufts University and other schools.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The store director and client advisers are part of the local community.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of advisers
Verb
  • Touch guides drone The first tactile contact triggers a change in the drone’s behavior.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Each of his musical pieces tells a story that guides the listener throughout the album, making each listen a unique journey.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of guides
Noun
  • Continue reading … -- POLITICS CLASSROOM CAPTURE — Nation’s largest teachers union under fire as controversial agenda puts century-old federal charter at risk.
    — , FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Thirty complaints were filed against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in a San Francisco federal court by people present at the shooting, including students, teachers and a principal.
    — Shannon Bond, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of teachers
Verb
  • The head coaches on the list include Sean Payton and Reid (in both Philadelphia and Kansas City).
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Americans are led by Lawson with WNBA head coaches Nate Tibbetts, Natalie Nakase and Stephanie White serving as assistants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of coaches
Noun
  • In total, more than 100 people died, including Eloise and more than two dozen other young campers and counselors at the Christian sleepaway camp in Hunt, which became a symbol of the national tragedy.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Six schools in the Sioux Falls School District will take part in a new pilot, the CARE (Counseling, Awareness, Recovery and Education) Prevention Program, to bring more counselors in with the goal to prevent substance use.
    — Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of counselors
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

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“Mentors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentors. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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