pedagogue
Stuffy classroom authority
A pedagogue is a teacher, especially one who is overly formal, pedantic, or dogmatic in style.
The word carries a whiff of disapproval—suggesting someone more concerned with rigid instruction than genuine learning: The old pedagogue droned on about grammar rules.
In neutral use, it simply means educator, though this sense is dated.
One who instructs others
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- professorSenior university teacher
- schoolmasterMale teacher in charge
schoolmistress · lecturer · preceptor · trainer · coach · facilitator · academician · educationalist
Leader or instruction book
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- counselorOne who advises
- guruRevered authority figure
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
preceptor · role model · coach · confidant · nurturer · elder · inspirer · supporter
Rigorous, without flexibility
- disciplinarianStrict enforcer of rules
- dogmaticAsserting opinions as facts
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
imperious · dictatorial · autocratic · martinet · taskmaster · domineering · rigid · inflexible
Profoundly knowledgeable
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- academicRelating to education or theory
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- knowledgeableHaving extensive information
bookish · studious · lettered · cultivated · well-read · educated · professorial · donnish
Intended to educate
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- expositoryServing to explain
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
tutorial · explanatory · edifying · preachy · moralizing · lecturing · sermonizing · prescriptive
teacher
One who instructs others
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- professorSenior university teacher
schoolmaster · schoolmistress · lecturer · preceptor · trainer · coach · facilitator · academician · educationalist · schoolmarm
guide
Leader or instruction book
sage · preceptor · role model · coach · confidant · nurturer · elder · inspirer · supporter · motivator
strict
Rigorous, without flexibility
- disciplinarianStrict enforcer of rules
- dogmaticAsserting opinions as facts
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
doctrinaire · imperious · dictatorial · autocratic · martinet · taskmaster · domineering · rigid · inflexible · overbearing
erudite
Profoundly knowledgeable
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- academicRelating to education or theory
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
knowledgeable · bookish · studious · lettered · cultivated · well-read · educated · professorial · donnish · highbrow
instructional
Intended to educate
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- expositoryServing to explain
enlightening · tutorial · explanatory · edifying · preachy · moralizing · lecturing · sermonizing · prescriptive · homiletic
- teachersteacher, tutor, tutors, instructor, instructors
- ancient occupationssoldier, merchant, farmer, shepherd, carpenter
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, professor, instructor
- music teacherspiano teacher, voice teacher, vocal coach, singing teacher, music teacher
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- Ancient Educationgymnasium, agoge, Spartan training
pedagoguepupil
Learner or eye opening
student · learner · apprentice · mentee · disciple
pedagoguefacilitator
Neutral process guide
guide · mentor · coach · autodidact · free-thinker