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Definitions for Tutor

[1] a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
[2] a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.
[3] a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations.
[4] (especially at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates.
[5] the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority.
[6] to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately.
[7] to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.
[8] to instruct underhandedly; coach: to tutor a witness before he testifies.
[9] Archaic . to train, school, or discipline. to admonish or reprove.
[10] to act as a tutor or private instructor.
[11] to study privately with a tutor.
[12] a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately
[13] (at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students
[14] Scots law the guardian of a pupil See pupil 1 (def. 2)
[15] to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct
[16] (tr) to act as guardian to; have care of
[17] (intr) mainly US to study under a tutor
[18] (tr) rare to admonish, discipline, or reprimand

Words related to Tutor

lecturer, educator, instructor, teacher, mentor, educate, instruct, coach, preceptor, guardian, governor, grind, teach, guide, prof, discipline, school, edify, direct, update

Words nearby Tutor

tutee, tutelage, tutelary, tutenag, tutiorism, tutor, tutorage, tutoress, tutorial, tutorial system, tutoyer

Origin of Tutor

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin tūtor protector, equivalent to tū- (variant stem of tuērī to guard; see tutelage) + -tor -tor

Other words from Tutor

tu·tor·less , adjective
tu·tor·ship , noun
mis·tu·tor , verb
sub·tu·tor , noun
sub·tu·tor·ship , noun
un·der·tu·tor , noun
well-tu·tored , adjective

Word origin for Tutor

C14: from Latin: a watcher, from tuērī to watch over

Synonyms for Tutor

educator, instructor, lecturer, mentor, teacher, coach, governor, grind, guardian, guide, preceptor, prof, teach, private teacher