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mentor

Definition for mentor

noun as in person who advises

Strong match

counsellor

verb as in advise

Strongest matches

coach, counsel, guide, instruct

Strong matches

edify, educate, explain, teach, tutor

Weak matches

aid, champion, help, sponsor

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“Coach G is my mentor and we expect to win every game,” said Terrance Whitehead, who is serving as interim coach and running practices in Garrett’s absence.

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She played cricket casually until a mentor urged her to take it seriously.

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Nancy Shear wasn’t yet out of her teens when she was hired as musical assistant to the eminent and enigmatic symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski, who became her mentor and a father figure of sorts.

“Think for now I’m going nowhere with her except economics mentor. I think I’m right now in the seen very warmly in rearview mirror category,” he wrote Epstein from a conference at 10:53 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

She poses as a mentor to Tess, but she’s not about to let some lowly secretary keep her from coming out on top in a man’s world.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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