6
lecturers(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
5
instructors(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
5
masters(noun, teachers, scholars, sages)
4
teachers(noun, staff, faculty, teachers, managers)
4
academics(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
4
faculty(noun, staff, teachers, literati)
4
scholars(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
3
coaches(noun, teachers)
3
doctors(noun, scholars, sages)
3
experts(noun, intellectuals, judges, scholars, laws)
3
geniuses(noun, scholars, experts, sages, scientists)
3
intellectuals(noun, intelligentsia, intellects, scholars, sages)
3
mentors(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
3
tutors(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
2
confessors
2
educators(noun, teachers)
2
gurus(noun, teachers, sages)
2
philosophers(noun, scholars, sages)
2
savants(noun, sages)
2
schoolmasters(noun, teachers)
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