tutor
noun
[ ˈtjuːtə ]
• a private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group.
• "a voluntary tutor in adult literacy"
Similar:
teacher,
instructor,
educator,
educationalist,
educationist,
academic,
lecturer,
don,
coach,
trainer,
guide,
mentor,
guru,
counsellor,
dominie,
pandit,
teach,
doctor,
pedagogue,
preceptor,
tutor
verb
• act as a tutor to (a single pupil or a very small group).
• "his children were privately tutored"
Similar:
teach,
instruct,
give lessons to,
educate,
school,
coach,
train,
drill,
upskill,
direct,
guide,
groom,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French tutour or Latin tutor, from tueri ‘to watch, guard’.
