Meanings
nounassistant professor (plural assistant professors)
plural assistant professors
- educationA position in a university faculty, lower than an associate professor and a full professor.
Synonyms: Asst. Prof., Asst Prof, subprofessor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA position in a university faculty, lower than an associate professor and a full professor.
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Translations
Afrikaans dosent
- dosentteacher
Catalan professor ajudant
- professor ajudantteacher
Chinese Mandarin 助理教授
- 助理教授 (zhùlǐ jiàoshòu)teacher
Czech odborný asistent
- odborný asistentteacher
Danish universitetslektor
- universitetslektorteacher
Dutch universitair docent
- universitair docentteacher
Finnish apulaisprofessori
- apulaisprofessoriteacher
Hungarian adjunktus, tanársegéd
- adjunktusteacher
- tanársegédteacher
Indonesian asisten ahli, lektor
- asisten ahliteacher
- lektorteacher
Norwegian Bokmål universitetslektor
- universitetslektorteacher
Polish adiunkt, adiunktka
- adiunktteacher
- adiunktkateacher
Romanian profesor asistent
- profesor asistentteacher
Slovak odborný asistent
- odborný asistentteacher
Tagalog katuwang na propesor
- katuwang na propesorteacher
Thai ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์
- ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ (pûu-chûai sàat-dtraa-jaan)teacher
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assistant professor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistant%20professor
MLA
“assistant professor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistant%20professor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assistant professor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistant%20professor.
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