protégé
Mentor's chosen student
A protégé is someone guided and supported by a more experienced or influential person—a mentor's counterpart.
The relationship implies investment: the mentor advances the protégé's career or development.
She was the director's protégé before taking over the company.
The word retains its French accent marks, though *protege* appears in casual writing.
A female may be called a protégée, but protégé now serves for any gender.
One receiving guidance
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- pupilLearner or eye opening
- traineeOne being instructed
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
understudy · intern · novice · learner · acolyte · ward · advisee · tutee
Guided instruction, oversight
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
training · cultivation · nurturing · fostering · development · instruction · grooming · oversight
mentee
One receiving guidance
student · understudy · intern · novice · learner · acolyte · ward · advisee · tutee · neophyte
tutelage
Guided instruction, oversight
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
patronage · training · cultivation · nurturing · fostering · development · instruction · grooming · oversight · direction
promising
Showing signs of success
- talentedHaving natural ability
- giftedGiven as present
- up-and-comingLikely to succeed soon
budding · rising · emerging · ambitious · bright · prodigious · favored · anointed · chosen · handpicked
- Sidekickssidekick, Dr. Watson, Watson, right-hand man, number two
- Deputiesdeputy, lieutenant, second-in-command, second in command, number two
protect, protection, protected, protective, protector, protecting, protege, protectress, protégée