Meanings
tutor1
nountutor (plural tutors)
plural tutors · alternative archaic tutour
- UKA university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
- UKA homeroom.
- QuebecobsoletelawOne who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
verbtutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)
present singular third person tutors · participle present tutoring · participle past tutored · past tutored · alternative archaic tutour
- archaictransitiveTo treat with authority or sternness.
tutor2
nountutor (plural tutors)
plural tutors · alternative archaic tutour
- collectible card gamesA card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting.
1998 April 5, kc...@pcmagic.com, “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2019, message-ID <<35271e02.1847089@news.pcmagic.net>>
verbtutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)
present singular third person tutors · participle present tutoring · participle past tutored · past tutored · alternative archaic tutour
- collectible card gamesTo fetch a card from one's deck.
Any instant that you move to the board can *only* be tutored for with Cunning Wish.
2002, David Seiler, “Type I -- What do you think about Wishes and how do you plan to break them?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)
Tutor3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
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nouna person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
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coachprivate instructor
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
tutor · noun, verb
- Latintūtor“a watcher, protector, guardian”
- Old Frenchtuteur
- Middle Englishtutour
- Englishtutor
From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →tutor · noun, verb
Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός
- παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós)one who teaches another
Bulgarian домашен учител, възпитател
- домашен учител (domašen učitel)one who teaches another
- възпитател (văzpitatel)one who teaches another
- давам уроци (davam uroci)to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Catalan tutor
- tutorone who teaches another
Chinese Mandarin 私人教師 /私人教师, 家庭教師 /家庭教师
- 私人教師 /私人教师 (sīrén jiàoshī)one who teaches another
- 家庭教師 /家庭教师 (jiātíng jiàoshī)one who teaches another
- 輔導 /辅导 (fǔdǎo)to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- 个人辅导to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Danish hjælpelærer, privatlærer
- hjælpelærerone who teaches another
- privatlærerone who teaches another
- lektiehjælperone who teaches another
Dutch studiebegeleider, mentor
- studiebegeleiderone who teaches another
- mentorone who teaches another
- privé-leraarone who teaches another
Finnish tuutori, tutori
- tuutorione who teaches another
- tutorione who teaches another
- tuutorone who teaches another
- tutorone who teaches another
- tukioppilasone who teaches another
- tukarione who teaches another
- tuutoroidato instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- tutoroidato instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- avustaato instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
French tuteur
- tuteurone who teaches another
German Lehrer, Nachhilfelehrer
- Lehrerone who teaches another
- Nachhilfelehrerone who teaches another
Greek προγυμναστής
- προγυμναστής (progymnastís)one who teaches another
Hebrew מורה פרטי
- מורה פרטיone who teaches another
Hindi शिक्षक, शिक्षिका
- शिक्षक (śikṣak)one who teaches another
- शिक्षिका (śikṣikā)one who teaches another
- अध्यापक (adhyāpak)one who teaches another
- अध्यापिका (adhyāpikā)one who teaches another
- गुरु (guru)one who teaches another
- आचार्य (ācārya)one who teaches another
- आचार्या (ācāryā)one who teaches another
- पढ़ाना (paṛhānā)to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- सिखाना (sikhānā)to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Irish oide, teagascóir
- oideone who teaches another
- teagascóirone who teaches another
- teagascto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Italian istitutore, istitutrice
- istitutoreone who teaches another
- istitutriceone who teaches another
- precettoreone who teaches another
- precettriceone who teaches another
- aioone who teaches another
- aiaone who teaches another
- insegnareto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- istruireto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Japanese 家庭教師
- 家庭教師one who teaches another
Korean 튜터
- 튜터 (tyuteo)one who teaches another
Latin praeceptor, praeceptrix
- praeceptorone who teaches another
- praeceptrixone who teaches another
- tutorone who teaches another
- ēductorone who teaches another
Māori pouako
- pouakoone who teaches another
Norwegian Bokmål hjelpelærer, gruppelærer
- hjelpelærerone who teaches another
- gruppelærerone who teaches another
- privatlærerone who teaches another
Polish tutor, korepetytor
- tutorone who teaches another
- korepetytorone who teaches another
- korepetytorkaone who teaches another
Portuguese tutor, tutelar
- tutorone who teaches another
- tutelarto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- tutorarto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Romanian meditator, medita
- meditatorone who teaches another
- meditato instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Russian репети́тор, дава́ть уро́ки
- репети́тор (repetítor)one who teaches another
- дава́ть уро́ки (davátʹ uróki)to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Spanish tutor, protutor
- tutorone who teaches another
- protutorone who teaches another
- contutor (disused)one who teaches another
- acudienteone who teaches another
- enseñarto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- instruirto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- tutorizarto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- tutelarto instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- tutorar (DEA)to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Swedish informator, lärare
- informatorone who teaches another
- lärareone who teaches another
- guvernantone who teaches another
- privatlärareone who teaches another
- undervisato instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
- handledato instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Thai ครูพิเศษ
- ครูพิเศษone who teaches another
Turkish lala
- lalaone who teaches another
Ukrainian репети́тор
- репети́тор (repetýtor)one who teaches another
Vietnamese gia sư
- gia sưone who teaches another
Welsh tiwtor, tiwtores
- tiwtorone who teaches another
- tiwtoresone who teaches another
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tutor
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Cite this entry
APA
tutor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutor
MLA
“tutor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tutor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutor.
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