Library / English Dictionary

PROF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

Synonyms:

prof; professor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("prof" is a kind of...):

academic; academician; faculty member (an educator who works at a college or university)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prof"):

assistant professor (a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor)

associate professor (a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor)

full professor (a professor of the highest rank)

Regius professor (holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron)

visiting professor (a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time)

Holonyms ("prof" is a member of...):

faculty; staff (the body of teachers and administrators at a school)

Credits