mentor

Meaning

Noun

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

Verb

To act as someone's mentor.

Synonyms

teacher

🧑‍🏫

educator

instructor

adviser

preceptor

tutor

master

guide

coach

lead

head

brief

refer

direct

usher

wise man

guru

marshal

navigate

pilot

🧑‍✈️

raise

redirect

route

schoolteacher

semaphore

starboard

steer

supervise

teach

trainer

guide on

homeroom teacher

spiritual guide

stage direct

senpai

accustom

kohai

advisor

bring up

conduct

consultant

control

counsel

counsellor

counselor

draw rein

drive

educate

govern

help

Translations

mentor

mentore

mentor

Mentor

mentor

mentor

μέντορας

mentor

leidsman

μέντωρ

Mentorin

helfen

Ziehvater

Weiser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛn.tɔː/

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit: मन्तृ

Cognate with Latin: monitor

Cognate with Latin: moneō

In summary

From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).

Sentences

Mr Lincoln is my mentor .