Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun schoolmaster

3 senses of schoolmaster

Sense 1
headmaster, schoolmaster, master -- (presiding officer of a school)
       => principal, school principal, head teacher, head -- (the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal")

Sense 2
schoolmaster -- (any person (or institution) who acts as an educator)
       => educator, pedagogue, pedagog -- (someone who educates young people)

Sense 3
schoolmaster, Lutjanus apodus -- (food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters)
       => snapper -- (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)