tutor

tutor is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
2. noun. A treasurer; a keeper.
3. noun. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
4. noun. A private or public teacher.
5. noun. An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
6. noun. An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
7. transitive verb. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.
8. transitive verb. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
9. noun. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)

   Synonyms: coach

10. verb. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction

    "She tutored me in Spanish"

11. verb. act as a guardian to someone

Synonyms

coach

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tutor:

tourt, trout

Common word forms

tutors, tutored, tutorer, tutorly, tutoring, tutorize, tutorless

Words from these letters

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