Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 16 compound words that contain professor. The most common are listed below. Open professor in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- associate professorA teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.
- assistant professorA position in a university faculty, lower than an associate professor and a full professor.
- adjunct professorA college professor who is employed part-time or for a limited time, is junior to a full professor, or is otherwise not eligible for tenure.
- Law Professor
- research professorA full professor who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.
- visiting professorSynonym of visiting scholar: A scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture or perform research on a particular topic.
- Professor Emeritus
- regius professorA professor who holds a position created by or filled by a royal patron.
- absent-minded professorA stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings.
- institute professorA professor with the highest academic title at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- little professorA child with Asperger's syndrome.
- university professorSynonym of distinguished professor: A professor with the highest academic rank at a university.
- mad professorSynonym of mad scientist: A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.
- Sterling professorA professor with the highest academic title at Yale University.
- extraordinary professorIn Germany, professor without chair, often in a side-area, or being subordinated to a professor with chair.
- distinguished professorA professor with the highest academic rank at a university.
- Professor CubeAlternative form of Professor's Cube: A variety of Rubik's Cube with 98 cubies arranged as a 5×5×5 cube.
- professor ordinariusA professor with a chair, representing a given area.
- regents professorSynonym of distinguished professor: A professor with the highest academic rank at a university.
- James B. Duke professorA professor with the highest academic title at Duke University.
- Professor Cubesplural of Professor Cube: A variety of Rubik's Cube with 98 cubies arranged as a 5×5×5 cube.
- president's professorSynonym of distinguished professor: A professor with the highest academic rank at a university.
Compound words 16
- professorateAlternative form of professoriate: Professors considered as a group or body.
- professorlyProfessorial; having the manner or appearance of a professor or professors.
- professordomThe realm or sphere of professors; professors, collectively.
- brofessorA male role model or mentor.
- nonprofessorOne who is not a professor.
- professorishCharacteristic of a professor.
- professorlessWithout a professor or professors.
- professorlikeResembling a professor, characteristic of a professor.
- subprofessorAn assistant professor.
- professorlinga young and unexperienced professor