Search Result for "mentor":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a wise and trusted guide and advisor;
[syn: mentor, wise man]
VERB (1)
1. serve as a teacher or trusted counselor;
- Example: "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"
- Example: "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mentor \Men"tor\, n. [From Mentor, the counselor of Telemachus, Gr. Me`ntwr, prop., counselor. Cf. Monitor.] A wise and faithful counselor or monitor. [1913 Webster]U.S. Gazetteer (1990):
Mentor, KS Zip code(s): 67465 Mentor, KY (city, FIPS 51564) Location: 38.89063 N, 84.24369 W Population (1990): 169 (68 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Mentor, MN (city, FIPS 41714) Location: 47.69663 N, 96.14467 W Population (1990): 94 (51 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56736 Mentor, OH (city, FIPS 49056) Location: 41.69153 N, 81.33445 W Population (1990): 47358 (17172 housing units) Area: 69.3 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44060Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "mentor": Dutch uncle, Polonius, abecedarian, admonisher, adviser, authority, backseat driver, buttinsky, certified teacher, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, docent, doctor, dominie, don, educationist, educator, elder, elder statesman, expert, fellow, forerunner, great soul, guide, guru, illuminate, instructor, intellect, intellectual, kibitzer, lover of wisdom, maestro, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, meddler, melamed, monitor, mullah, nestor, oracle, orienter, pandit, pathfinder, pedagogist, pedagogue, philosopher, preceptist, preceptor, preparationist, preparator, preparer, professor, pundit, rabbi, rishi, sage, sapient, savant, scholar, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, seer, starets, teacher, thinker, trailblazer, trainer, wise man, wise old man
