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Tutor

One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.

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Narrower term 1

Crammer 76% connected

One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.

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Instruct 76% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

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Instructor 76% connected

One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.

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Learn 76% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Teach 76% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

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Teacher 76% connected

One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

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Guardianship 74% connected

The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

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Guardianship 74% connected

The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

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Tuition 74% connected

Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

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Tuition 74% connected

Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

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Tutorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

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Tutorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

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Tutorship 74% connected

The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.

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Tutorship 74% connected

The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.

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Synonym 1

Coach 92% connected

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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