Meanings
plural associate professors
- educationA teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.
1 more example
China's current economic challenges will be an "important factor" in Mr Xi's negotiations and "would lead to a stronger desire to stabilise the economic, trade and investment relations with the US", Li Mingjiang, an associate professor at Singapore's S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told the BBC.
2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBCSynonyms: Assoc. Prof., Assoc Prof
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.
Translations
Afrikaans medeprofessor
- medeprofessorteacher
Chinese Mandarin 副教授
- 副教授 (fùjiàoshòu)teacher
Dutch universitair hoofddocent
- universitair hoofddocentteacher
Finnish apulaisprofessori
- apulaisprofessoriteacher
French maître de conférences
- maître de conférencesteacher
Greek αναπληρωτής καθηγητής
- αναπληρωτής καθηγητής (anaplirotís kathigitís)teacher
Hungarian docens
- docensteacher
Indonesian lektor kepala
- lektor kepalateacher
Japanese 准教授
- 准教授 (junkyōju)teacher
Malay profesor madya
- profesor madyateacher
Norwegian Bokmål førsteamanuensis
- førsteamanuensisteacher
Polish docent, adiunkt
- docentteacher
- adiunktteacher
Romanian profesor asociat
- profesor asociatteacher
Tagalog kawaksing propesor
- kawaksing propesorteacher
Thai รองศาสตราจารย์
- รองศาสตราจารย์ (rɔɔng sàat-dtraa-jaan)teacher
Vietnamese phó giáo sư
- phó giáo sưteacher
Cite this entry
associate professor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/associate%20professor
“associate professor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/associate%20professor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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