teaches

Imparts knowledge professionally

Teaches is the third-person singular of teach—to impart knowledge or skill to someone.

A professor teaches organic chemistry.

Experience teaches humility.

The word often appears in proverbs and generalizations: History teaches us that empires fall.

Who teaches your daughter piano?

educates

instructor

One who teaches skills

tutor · schoolteacher · pedagogue · pedagogy · curriculum · lesson · classroom · students · pupils · knowledge

lessons

experience

Practical knowledge from life

consequences · hardship · mistakes · failure · growth · realization · insight · perspective · values · morals

skills

training

Developing abilities through practice

drills · mastery · proficiency · competence · hands-on · apprenticeship · craft · trade · vocational · practical

Categories
Opposites
knowledge transfer direction

teacheslearns

Gains new knowledge

studies · absorbs · apprentices · listens · picks up

educational action vs. inaction

teachesmisinforms

Gives incorrect information

misleads · neglects · withholds · deceives · confuses

clarity of communication

teachesconfuses

Causes mental disarray

obscures · muddles · befuddles · mystifies · obfuscates

Phrases
Family

teach, teacher, teaching, teachers, teachable, teacher's pet, teacherly, unteachable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G