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Another word for adviser

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Noun

  1. One who advises another, especially officially or professionally

      1. The act of exchanging opinions and ideas; consultation:
      2. Advice or guidance, especially as solicited from a knowledgeable person.
      3. Private, guarded thoughts or opinions:
      1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
      2. Odysseus's trusted counselor, in whose guise Athena became the guardian and teacher of Telemachus.
      3. To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings.
      1. A person who gives counsel; an adviser.
      2. An attorney, especially a trial lawyer.
      3. A person who supervises young people at a summer camp.
      1. One who gives expert or professional advice.
      2. One who consults another.
    See also:

    opinion

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for adviser

Noun
      1. An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.
      2. The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.
      3. A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.
      1. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
      2. One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
      3. Power assigned to another; authorization:
      1. A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
      2. Having, involving, or demonstrating skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
      1. a person who prompts; specif., one who cues performers when they forget their lines
      2. teleprompter
      1. One that supervises, controls, or manages.
      2. A member of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of an institution or corporation.
      3. A person who supervises the creative aspects of a dramatic production or film and instructs the actors and crew.
      1. One to whom something is referred, especially for settlement, decision, or an opinion as to the thing's quality.
      2. An official supervising the play; an umpire.
      3. A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
      1. A member of a business partnership.
      2. A spouse.
      3. A domestic partner.
      1. a person or thing that helps; esp., an assisting worker who is more or less unskilled
      1. One that gives information.
      2. One who informs against others; an informer.
      3. One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.
      1. One to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed.
      2. A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.
      1. One who confesses.
      2. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution but does not suffer martyrdom.
      3. A priest who hears confession and gives absolution.
      1. In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments.
      2. A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.
      3. To ordain or admit to the priesthood.
      1. To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration:
      2. To hear and decide on in a court of law:
      3. To pass sentence on; condemn.
      1. A person who is licensed to practice medicine and has trained at a school of medicine, chiropractic, optometry, podiatry, dentistry, or veterinary medicine.
      2. A practitioner of alternative medicine or folk medicine who does not have traditional medical credentials.
      3. A person who has earned the highest academic degree, usually a PhD, awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.
      1. A hero celebrated as an elderly and wise counselor to the Greeks at Troy.
      2. A venerable and wise old man.
      1. A wise lawgiver.
      2. A legislator.
      1. A passenger who constantly advises, corrects, or nags the driver of a motor vehicle.
      2. A person who persists in giving unsolicited advice.
      1. One that admonishes, cautions, or reminds, especially with respect to matters of conduct.
      2. A pupil who assists a teacher in routine duties.
      3. A usually electronic device used to record, regulate, or control a process or system.
      1. One who specializes in the provision of a particular therapy.
      1. A bus, especially one designed for long-distance passenger service.
      2. A railroad passenger car.
      3. A closed automobile, usually with two doors.
      1. One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.
      1. A private instructor.
      2. One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.
      3. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.
      1. A teacher; an instructor.
      2. An expert or specialist, such as a physician, who gives practical experience and training to a student, especially of medicine or nursing.
      3. The head of a preceptory.
      1. One who instructs; a teacher.
      2. A college or university teacher who ranks below an assistant professor.
      1. One that solicits, especially one that seeks trade or contributions.
      2. An attorney holding a public office that handles cases involving a city, state, or other jurisdiction.
      3. An attorney who advises clients on legal matters, represents clients in certain lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to present in the higher courts.
      1. A person who is legally qualified and licensed to represent a person in a legal matter, such as a transaction or lawsuit.
      1. One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.
      1. The act of exchanging opinions and ideas; consultation:
      2. Advice or guidance, especially as solicited from a knowledgeable person.
      3. Private, guarded thoughts or opinions:
      1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
      2. Odysseus's trusted counselor, in whose guise Athena became the guardian and teacher of Telemachus.
      3. To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings.
      1. One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.
      2. One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.
      3. A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
      1. One who gives expert or professional advice.
      2. One who consults another.
      1. A person who gives counsel; an adviser.
      2. An attorney, especially a trial lawyer.
      3. A person who supervises young people at a summer camp.
    See also:

    teacher

    specialist

    friend

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  • Laurent had already been nominated financial adviser to the empire (Sept.

  • Reumont was the friend and adviser of Frederick William IV.

  • a few months later, and at once became the chief adviser of Edward II.

  • 1512), a friend and adviser of the emperor Maximilian I.

  • Djavid Bey, Minister of Finance, called a French adviser to his assistance; a British adviser, Mr. R.

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