mentor (n.)
- abecedarian
- admonisher
- adviser
- authority
- buttinsky
- coach
- confidant
- consultant
- counsel
- counselor
- docent
- doctor
- dominie
- don
- educationist
- educator
- elder
- expert
- fellow
- forerunner
- guide
- guru
- instructor
- intellect
- intellectual
- kibitzer
- maestro
- mahatma
- mandarin
- master
- mastermind
- meddler
- monitor
- mullah
- nestor
- oracle
- pathfinder
- pedagogue
- philosopher
- preceptor
- professor
- pundit
- rabbi
- sage
- savant
- scholar
- schoolmaster
- schoolteacher
- seer
- starets
- teacher
- thinker
- trailblazer
- trainer