Phrase guide

supply teacher

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A teacher who fills a temporary position in a school on a short-term basis; often supplied by an agency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: relief teacher, substitute teacher, supply

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: substitut — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Chinese Mandarin: 代課老師 /代课老师 (dàikè lǎoshī) — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Esperanto: anstataŭa instruisto — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Finnish: sijaisopettaja — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • German: Aushilfslehrer — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • German: Aushilfslehrerin — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • German: Vertretungslehrer — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • German: Vertretungslehrerin — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Hungarian: helyettesítő tanár — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Irish: múinteoir ionaid — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Italian: supplente — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Norman: maît' à pause — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczyciel zastępczy — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczyciele zastępczy — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielka zastępcza — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielki zastępcze — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielstwo zastępcze — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielstwa zastępcze — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczyciel zastępujący — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczyciele zastępujący — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielka zastępująca — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielki zastępujące — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielstwo zastępujące — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Polish: nauczycielstwa zastępujące — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Portuguese: professor substituto — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Portuguese: professora substituta — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Romanian: profesor suplinitor — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Romanian: profesoară suplinitoare — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Spanish: profesor suplente — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Spanish: profesora suplente — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Swedish: lärarvikarie — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Welsh: athro llanw — teacher who fills a temporary position
  • Welsh: athrawes llanw — teacher who fills a temporary position