tutorial

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tutorial
    adj 1: of or relating to tutors or tutoring; "tutorial sessions"
    n 1: a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an
         individual or to a small number of students

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tutorial \Tu*to"ri*al\ (t[-u]*t[=o]"r[i^]*al), a. [L. tutorius.]
   Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a
   tutor.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tutorial \tu*to"ri*al\ (t[-u]*t[=o]r"[-e]*al), n.
   1. A class[6] or short series of classes in which one or more
      instructors provide intensive instruction on some subject
      to a small group. Such short courses of instruction may be
      held at an institution of learning, or in any other place
      where a small group may desire a brief but thorough
      introduction to a topic.
      [PJC]

   2. Hence: (Computers) A set of instructions on how to use a
      particular computer program, built into the software
      package itself, displayed on the computer screen, and
      organized in a stepwise manner so as to familiarize a new
      user with all of or the most important features of the
      program.
      [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "tutorial":
      academic, donnish, pedagogic, pedantic, preceptorial, professorial,
      professorlike, schoolmastering, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike,
      schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy, schoolteacherish, schoolteachery,
      teacherish, teacherlike, teachery, teachy