tutor
1 of 2noun
tu·tor ˈtü-tər 
ˈtyü-
: a person charged with the instruction and guidance of another: such as
a
: a private teacher
b
: a teacher in a British university who gives individual instruction to undergraduates
tutor
2 of 2verb
tutored; tutoring; tutors
transitive verb
1
: to teach or guide usually individually in a special subject or for a particular purpose : coach
2
: to have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of
intransitive verb
1
: to do the work of a tutor
2
: to receive instruction especially privately
Synonyms
Verb
- educate
- indoctrinate
- instruct
- lesson
- school
- teach
- train
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun I got a tutor to help me with my homework. He is a tutor in European history. Verb She earned extra money tutoring in the evening. bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes
Recent Examples on the Web
Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 The cost for the tutor’s services would be about $400,000. Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Marc Stears, Truss’s tutor at Oxford and now director of a policy lab at University College London, offered a similar account in the Times of London. Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2022 Student First Technologies is creating a platform that will hold every student’s grant funding on a secure website that will involve personalized login information for families and will list all the available tutor vendors families can pick from. Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 School on Wheels changed her outlook: Ms. Sanchez’s math tutor was a grad student in astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology who didn’t see her as a homeless kid, but understood her dreams and aspirations. Magda Hernandez, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2022 Yee attended Greenway High School in Phoenix and graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in English and political science, working as a resident adviser, director for campus art museum, tutor and nanny to pay her way through school. Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2022 South Suburban College is working to boost volunteer tutor training sessions and basic reading and math skills of participants in its adult volunteer literacy tutoring program. Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 Soon, the tutor wasn’t enough to keep Tang challenged. oregonlive, 5 July 2022 Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 The plan was for his aunt, a high school teacher, to tutor him, relatives said. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2022 Kian, her roommate and fellow PhD student, offers to tutor her. Ali Hazelwood, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Research shows that students who are asked to teach or tutor others work harder to understand the material. Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 3 June 2022 At East Arbor Academy, ShaeLynn’s school in Ypsilanti, Yanfei Clawson, a teacher for at-risk students, receives a stipend to stay after school twice a week and tutor small groups of students. Koby Levin And Isabel Lohman, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2022 This would include requiring schools to tutor students, share the plans with parents, and encourage schools to include these students in early-college, early-career, and vocational programs. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022 Online services can connect students to tutors scattered across the country, older students are being paid to tutor younger siblings, volunteers are signing up and for-profits have expanded. Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022 He also will be looked to help tutor the team's impressive underclass quarterbacks in Christian Veilleux and incoming rookies Drew Allar and Central York's Beau Pribula. Frank Bodani, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2021 See More
Noun
The model, once limited to the very wealthy, is being adopted by families in the upper middle class, according to private-tutor placement companies and their clients. Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 The cost for the tutor’s services would be about $400,000. Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Marc Stears, Truss’s tutor at Oxford and now director of a policy lab at University College London, offered a similar account in the Times of London. Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2022 Student First Technologies is creating a platform that will hold every student’s grant funding on a secure website that will involve personalized login information for families and will list all the available tutor vendors families can pick from. Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 School on Wheels changed her outlook: Ms. Sanchez’s math tutor was a grad student in astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology who didn’t see her as a homeless kid, but understood her dreams and aspirations. Magda Hernandez, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2022 Yee attended Greenway High School in Phoenix and graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in English and political science, working as a resident adviser, director for campus art museum, tutor and nanny to pay her way through school. Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2022 South Suburban College is working to boost volunteer tutor training sessions and basic reading and math skills of participants in its adult volunteer literacy tutoring program. Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 Soon, the tutor wasn’t enough to keep Tang challenged. oregonlive, 5 July 2022 Verb
His commander asked him to tutor his 12-year-old brother. Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 The plan was for his aunt, a high school teacher, to tutor him, relatives said. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2022 Kian, her roommate and fellow PhD student, offers to tutor her. Ali Hazelwood, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Research shows that students who are asked to teach or tutor others work harder to understand the material. Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 3 June 2022 At East Arbor Academy, ShaeLynn’s school in Ypsilanti, Yanfei Clawson, a teacher for at-risk students, receives a stipend to stay after school twice a week and tutor small groups of students. Koby Levin And Isabel Lohman, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2022 This would include requiring schools to tutor students, share the plans with parents, and encourage schools to include these students in early-college, early-career, and vocational programs. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022 Online services can connect students to tutors scattered across the country, older students are being paid to tutor younger siblings, volunteers are signing up and for-profits have expanded. Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022 He also will be looked to help tutor the team's impressive underclass quarterbacks in Christian Veilleux and incoming rookies Drew Allar and Central York's Beau Pribula. Frank Bodani, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English tutour, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin tutor, from tueri
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
Kids Definition
tutor 1 of 2
noun
tu·tor ˈtü-tər
ˈtyü-
: a teacher who works with an individual student
tutor
2 of 2verb
tutored; tutoring
: to teach usually individually
Legal Definition
tutor
noun
tu·tor ˈtü-tər, ˈtyü-tər
in the civil law of Louisiana : a guardian of a minor or sometimes of a person with mental retardation compare committee, conservator, curator
tutored 1 of 2
adjective
as in taught
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- taught
- trained
- schooled
- able
- qualified
- knowledgeable
- capable
- fitted
- competent
- employable
- fit
- efficient
- gifted
- effective
- refined
- polished
- old
- workmanlike
- well-rounded
- experienced
- all-round
- habile
- practiced
- educated
- effectual
- talented
- all-around
- proficient
- skilled
- versed
- accomplished
- adept
- master
- professed
- expert
- adroit
- veteran
- multitalented
- multiskilled
- deft
- handy
- practised
- skillful
- ace
- long-term
- dexterous
- complete
- virtuoso
- clever
- masterly
- crack
- consummate
- great
- slick
- masterful
- compleat
- crackerjack
- dextrous
- sure-handed
- good
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- inexperienced
- unable
- unskilled
- incapable
- incompetent
- inexpert
- weak
- amateur
- inept
- unseasoned
- unfitted
- unqualified
- unfit
- amateurish
- crude
- unprofessional
- unschooled
- artless
- rude
- unskillful
- ineffective
- untutored
- inexperienced
- ignorant
- inefficient
- untrained
- ineffectual
- untaught
- beginning
- ungifted
- untalented
- jackleg
- new
- green
- unseasoned
- primitive
- raw
- untried
- rough
- clumsy
- unpolished
- awkward
- talentless
- untested
- would-be
- ham-fisted
- ham-handed
- heavy-handed
tutored
2 of 2verb
1
as in educated
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field tutored me in Spanish Synonyms & Similar Words
- taught
- educated
- schooled
- trained
- coached
- instructed
- indoctrinated
- mentored
- lectured
- guided
- lessoned
- prepared
- preached
- primed
- drilled
- informed
- inculcated
- instilled
- homeschooled
- qualified
- versed
- grounded
- led
- catechized
- habilitated
- introduced
- reared
- retaught
- moralized
- familiarized
- retrained
- briefed
- enlightened
- edified
- initiated
- directed
- implanted
- reeducated
- showed
- fitted
- reschooled
- fit
- imparted (to)
2
as in guided
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes Synonyms & Similar Words
- guided
- coached
- taught
- mentored
- showed
- accompanied
- steered
- led
- shepherded
- trained
- counselled
- counseled
- piloted
- escorted
- supervised
- walked through
- schooled
- engineered
- chaperoned
- instructed
- informed
- attended
- squired
- directed
- drilled
- swayed
- saw
- superintended
- fostered
- indoctrinated
- briefed
- inculcated
- enlightened
- convoyed
- nurtured
- cultivated
- godfathered
- oversaw