- MENTOR
- Guru
- Wise, trusted adviser
- Wise teacher
- Artistic coach
- Give counsel to
- Wise counselor
- Favorite professor, often
- Obi Wan, to Luke
- Coach
- Qui-Gon Jinn, to Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Someone who shows you the ropes
- Professor, often
- Yoda, for one
- Old pro, perhaps
- Advise
- Salieri, to Liszt
- Corporate coach
- Adviser
- Protégé's adviser
- Trusted teacher
- Trusted counselor
- Teacher and advisor
- Trusted advisor
- Friend of Odysseus.
- A wise counselor.
- Friend and sage adviser.
- Teacher.
- Wise, loyal adviser.
- Counselor.
- Wise advisor.
- Wise adviser.
- Guide
- Adviser to Odysseus
- Plato, to Aristotle
- Trusted adviser
- Wise, trusted counselor
- Odysseus' adviser
- Personal counselor
- Lead by the hand
- Yoda, to Luke Skywalker
- Someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself, per Oprah
- Yoda, to Luke
- Experience sharer
- Train workers?
- Dr. Xavier, to Storm
- One showing the ropes
- Coach and teacher in one
- Teacher to emulate
- Old pro, to a rookie, perhaps
- Take under one's wing
- Personal adviser
- Teach
- Morpheus, to Neo
