adviser

If you're an expert who gives advice or offers professional consultations, you can call yourself an adviser.

You can have an adviser in many areas — he or she may also be called a consultant. A person who helps you decide what classes to take is called an academic adviser. You may also have a tax adviser to help during an audit or a career adviser to help plan your next steps after college. Whoever you take advice from, be advised that this word is sometimes spelled advisor.

Definitions of adviser

n an expert who gives advice

“an adviser helped students select their courses”

Synonyms:: advisor, consultant

Examples:: Nestor
(Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy; Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; amicus curiae, friend of the court
an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest; backroom boy, brain truster
an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status; beauty consultant
someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance; counsellor, counselor
someone who gives advice about problems; agricultural agent, county agent, extension agent
an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics; fashion consultant, fashionmonger
someone who advises you about fashionable clothing; investment adviser, investment advisor
someone who advises others how to invest their money; management consultant
adviser to business about efficient management practices; media consultant, media guru
someone who advises about the use of communication media; military adviser, military advisor
a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation; security consultant
an adviser about alarm systems to prevent burglaries; starets
a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church; tipster, tout
one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack); Dutch uncle
a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly; racetrack tout
someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings)

Type of:: authority
an expert whose views are taken as definitive

n an expert who gives advice

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