Definitions for Mentor

Mentor men·tor

Spelling: [men-tawr, -ter]
IPA: /ˈmɛn tɔr, -tər/

Mentor is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in Mentor (emnort).

Definitions for Mentor

noun

  1. a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
  2. an influential senior sponsor or supporter.
  3. a town in NE Ohio.
  4. (in the Odyssey) a loyal adviser of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of Telemachus.

verb (used with object)

  1. to act as a mentor to:

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a mentor:

Origin of Mentor

1740-50; after Mentor (Greek Méntōr)

Examples for Mentor

For once let us be your mentors—you who have always been the mentor of others.

The film holds a special resonance for Jones, since Terry also served as his mentor.

A group of them mentor the turbulent, desperate kids fresh off the streets who are at their most violent when they first arrive.

Mrs. Vansittart had no intention of resigning her position of mentor and friend.

He made no bones about his great admiration for FDR, who was his mentor, and he had roots too in the Truman administration.

"I understand you, and I do not think you silly at all," said her mentor.

Meanwhile her mentor, Mr. Day, was delighted at the interruption of her task.

He was a benchmark, a mentor as an artist and as a man, and I just loved him with all my heart.

By reaching out to a local high school or non-profit to become a mentor for a high achieving, low-income student.

And how could she write fiction with such a one for mentor and company?

Word Value for Mentor
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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