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187 Adjectives That Describe A Teacher

August 15, 2019 by Wes

Are you looking for a list of adjectives, along with definitions that describe teachers?

If so, you’ve come to the right place!

Below is a list of 187 adjectives, including whether the adjective is considered positive to describe a teacher.

adjectives to describe a teacher

Positive Adjectives That Describe Teachers:

Academic: A person who excels or takes an interest in scholarly activities, attitudes or methods.

Adaptable: Flexible, and willing to adjust to different conditions and situations.

Adventurous: Full of excitement, risk-taker, willing to take on new ideas and methods.

Advocate: A person who supports or pleads for a cause or idea.

Amazing: Awesome, Incredible, Wonderful.

Ambitious: A person who is determined to succeed, and earnest.

Appreciative: A person who feels or shows gratitude; thankful.

Awe-Inspiring: Impressive, causing awe, magnificent.

Awesome: Very impressive, amazing.

Blessed: Content, Favored.

Bold: A Confident, courageous teacher.

Bright: An Intelligent, Sharp, Smart teacher.

Bubbly: Enthusiastic, lively, cheerful teacher.

Busy: Occupied with a specific activity or pastime, active.

Brilliant: Talented, having great intelligence, clever.

Calm: Tranquil, peaceful, composed.

Caring: Someone who is concerned for or about others.

Challenging: A teacher who likes to test one’s ability and stimulate one’s mind.

Charming: A pleasant, delightful teacher.

Cheerful: happy, animated, good-natured.

Clever: A mentally sharp, intelligent, bright person.

Collaborative: A teacher who enjoys working on an activity or assignment with another party.

Collected: Calm, poised, without distractions.

Committed: Dedicated and loyal to a cause, job, or activity.

Compassionate: A teacher who shows concern, or sympathy for others.

Competent: A teacher who is efficient, capable, and able to complete a task successfully.

Composed: Collected, Calm, having one’s feelings under control.

Concerned: Worried about or anxious for others.

Confident: Self-assured, feeling or showing certainty about someone or something.

Considerate: A teacher who thinks of others, is thoughtful, and is mindful.

Cool: Fun, laidback, exciting.

Courageous: Brave, Fearless, Valiant

Crazy: Extremely passionate or enthusiastic about an idea or situation.

Creative: A teacher who has a big imagination and new and original ideas.

Curious: A teacher who is eager to learn or know about a specific topic or interest.

Dedicated: A person who devotes oneself to an idea, cause, or goal, committed.

Determined: A teacher who is decisive, driven, and persistent in reaching a goal or completing a task.

Devoted: A teacher who is loyal and committed to their work.

Different: Unlike others, distinctive.

Distinguished: A teacher who is dignified, successful, and commands respect.

Driven: A hard-working teacher who is ambitious and impelled to reach a goal.

Eager: A teacher who has a great desire to do something, is anxious, and is ambitious.

Efficient: An able, competent, well-organized teacher. 

Effective: A teacher who successfully achieves the desired result, is productive.

Empathetic: A teacher who shares and understands the feelings of other people.

Empowered: To entrust authority or power to someone else, authorize.

Encouraging: a teacher who inspires, motivates, or stimulates confidence in others.

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Energetic: A teacher with a lot of energy, is active.

Engaging: One who captives the attention of those around them.

Enthusiastic: a person who is passionate and excited about a topic.

Exciting: An inspiring, eager, animated teacher.

Experienced: one with a lot of knowledge or skill, that which they have gained over time.

Fair: An educator who is just and honest, and follows the rules or standards that are put into place.

Fantastic: Impressive, Terrific, Outstanding

Fiery: A lively, spirited, passionate teacher.

Flexible: Adaptable, accommodating, and easygoing.

Focused: A teacher who concentrates on the task at hand.

Fortunate: Favored, successful.

Forward-thinking: A teacher who likes to plan for the future, progressive

Friendly: Someone who is known for being kind and pleasant.

Fun: entertaining, enjoyable, amusing.

Funny: Humorous, witty.

Generous: who shows kindness to others by giving more of their time or energy than required.

Good-Natured: Patient, Friendly, Kind.

Giving: Generous, Thoughtful.

Gay: Carefree, lighthearted, happy

Grateful: A teacher who shows they are thankful, and appreciative.

Happy: A teacher who shows confidence in and is satisfied with a person or situation.

Hard-Working: A diligent, committed educator who is energetic and gives her all to the job.

Heartfelt: A teacher who is sincere and genuine.

Helpful: A teacher who is always ready to give help to those in need, and supportive.

Honest: Truthful, sincere.

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Hopeful: A teacher who displays positivity, and optimism about the future.

Humble: A teacher who is modest and does not put too much emphasis on oneself, meek.

Imaginative: Inventive, creative, always coming up with new ideas.

Independent: Able to care for oneself, not dependent on others.

Innovative: A teacher who is original and creative, always introducing new ideas 

Inspiring: A teacher who fills someone with the desire to do, create, or feel something.

Interesting: Someone who is fascinating, engaging, and excites curiosity in others.

Inventive: Creative, resourceful, having the ability to design.

Invested: A teacher who is known to be devoted or established in their work.

Invigorating: One who uplifts those around them, and brings energy.

Involved: A teacher who is engaged or committed to a cause, affair, or the like.

Joyful: Full of joy, delighted, glad.

Just: Fair, guided by truth, proper.

Kind: A teacher who is good-natured, mild, and gentle.

Knowledgeable: one who is intelligent, and perceptive, with a great deal of insight and understanding.

Leader: One who leads or directs.

Loving: Fond, affectionate, a person who shows love by their words or actions.

Loyal: A teacher who is faithful to their commitments and obligations.

Motivated: One who is impelled to act.

Nurturing: A teacher who is protective, supportive, and encouraging.

Open: Candid, Free, Transparent. 

Opinionated: Someone who isn’t afraid to let their opinion be known.

Optimistic: A teacher who is very hopeful for the future, and positive.

Organized: A teacher who is orderly, structured, and planned.

Patient: One who is tolerant of delays, showing an uncomplaining attitude.

Passionate: A teacher who has a strong belief or feeling toward a particular topic.

Persistent: A teacher who perseveres in spite of difficulties or opposition. 

Pleasant: A teacher who is likable, considerate, and friendly, enjoyable to be around.

Polite: A respectful, considerate, well-mannered person.

Positive: Optimistic, confident, forward-looking.  

Precious: Beloved, adored, cherished.

Prepared: A teacher who is ready to do something or deal with a matter.

Proactive: A person who is driven, takes charge, motivated.

Professional: A confident, skillful, adept person who is accomplished in their line of work.

Progressive: A person who favors change or ideas.

Protective: One who protects someone or something from a harmful situation.

Reflective:  Thoughtful, characterized by deep thought, quiet.

Reliable: A teacher with trustworthy qualities, and dependable.

Resilient: Strong, Tough, and able to recover quickly from a difficult situation.

Resolved: A teacher who is firm in their determination to do or complete something.

Resourceful: Able to resolve problems or challenges quickly.

Respectful: A teacher who shows respect to others

Responsible: A person who is capable of being trusted, mature, and sensible.

Risk-taker: A person who takes risks, and is fearless.

Sensitive: A tactful person who takes others’ feelings into consideration.

Serious: A teacher with a solemn or thoughtful manner.

Sincere: Honest, non-hypocritical, saying what one truly believes or feels.

Smart: intelligent, clever, knowledgeable.

Specific: A person who is precise and clear about what their expectations are.

Successful: A teacher who accomplishes what they set out to do.

Supportive: A person who provides help in the way of encouragement and emotional care.

Strong: A teacher who possesses the qualities and abilities to be successful.

Student-focused: One who is concerned about the well-being of their students.

Sweet: A thoughtful, pleasant person.

Talented: Having a natural skill for something, gifted.

Thankful: A teacher who is grateful, and pleased.

Thoughtful: A person who thinks of others.

Trustworthy: Able to be trusted, reliable, and dependable.

Understanding: A person with a compassionate and sympathetic attitude.

Unstoppable: One who is impossible to prevent or stop from doing something, determined.

Warm: A friendly, kind, good-natured person.

Wise: A person who displays knowledge, experience, and good judgment.

Well-Intentioned: A person with good intentions, whether the outcome is positive or negative.

Well-trained: Having a lot of knowledge and experience with a certain subject.

Wonderful: Delightful, admirable, pleasant.

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Negative Adjectives To Describe A Teacher

Angry: When a  person who shows anger or resentment toward another.

Bland: A person that shows very little or no emotion, dull.

Bold: Shameless, immodest.

Boring: Not interesting, dull.

Busy: meddlesome, prying

Busy-body: Someone who is overly concerned with other people’s affairs, a prying person

Calm: Not excited or passionate about anything.

Challenging: A demanding person, usually someone that is difficult to get along with

Clumsy: One who lacks social skills, and is awkward.

Confusing: Not clear, complicated.

Cool: unfriendly, negative, half-hearted.

Crazy: Weird, over the top, and hard to deal with.

Critical: A person who expresses fault or judges with severity.

Different: Weird, Offbeat.

Distant: Unapproachable, reserved

Evil: very unpleasant, wicked.

Exhausting: A person who is overwhelming, and constantly needs attention

Fragile: Vulnerable, delicate, weak.

Frustrating: One who annoys or upsets another. 

Horrible: Very unpleasant, nasty.

Immature: Juvenile, inexperienced, one who acts younger than their own age

Incompetent: A person who lacks skills in a particular field.

Inexperienced: One with a lack of experience with a particular thing.

Interesting: Weird, different, 

Intimidating: One who uses their authority to frighten someone into doing what they want.

Lazy: Someone who displays a lack of effort, unwilling to work.

Lonely: A person who has no friends or companions

Manipulative: Crafty, Slick, Devious

Narcissist: One who has an unhealthy admiration for themselves.

Nervous: one who is anxious, worried, skittish

Obnoxious: Very unpleasant, offensive, awful

Odd: Strange, weird, abnormal.

Opinionated: One who insists on their own opinion, without taking others into consideration.

Overwhelming: to burden or overpower someone by one’s attitude.

Passive: Yielding, submissive, compliant.

Perfectionist: A person who will not accept anything short of what they consider perfection.

Pessimistic: A person who tends to believe that the worst will happen, negative

Predictable: Someone that behaves in a way that is expected, and foreseeable.

Pugnacious: One who is quick to argue or fight, combative.

Resentful: A person who is bitter for having been treated badly or unfairly.

Self-Absorbed: One who thinks only about themselves.

Self-Involved: One who is only concerned with their own well-being.

Sensitive: A person who gets offended or gets upset easily.

Shy: Timid, quiet,

Strict: One that follows rules or beliefs precisely.

Spoiled: One who is accustomed to getting what they want.

Stubborn: Headstrong, difficult, A person who will not change their attitude or position on something.

Terrifying: One who causes extreme fear.

Thoughtless: One who does not show consideration for others, is uncaring, insensitive.

Timid:  Shy, fearful, lacks courage.

Tough: A teacher who is strict and has a harsh attitude or approach to teaching.

Underappreciated: One that does not receive the appreciation due.

Unfair: Unreasonable, does not follow the rules, unjust

Unfulfilled: A person who has not fully utilized their abilities.

Unhappy: A person that is not happy, miserable, downhearted

Unresolved: A person who is not sure of themselves, undecided.

Adjectives that can have both a positive and negative meaning:

Bold

Busy

Crazy

Challenging

Sensitive

Opinionated

There you have it! 187 different ways to describe a teacher.

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Hello, my name is Wes. I have been teaching English for over 8 years now. Over those years, I have helped hundreds of students speak English better. I hope this blog, helps you too! Read More…

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