mentor

Other forms of mentor

plural

mentors·

past tense

mentorred·

present participle

mentorring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mentor

What does mentor mean?

mentor means "a wise and trusted guide and advisor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mentor?

mentor has 2 syllables: men-tor. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˈmɛnˌtɔɹ/.

What is another word for mentor?

Close synonyms include wise man. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mentor a common word?

mentor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mentor?

5 words rhyme with mentor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.