counselor

counselor

noun

Definition of COUNSELOR

1

a person who gives advice especially professionally <a young couple going to a marriage counselor>

Synonyms adviser (also advisor), consigliere, counsel, counselor (or counsellor)

Related Words authority, expert, pro, professional, specialist; confidant; cabinet, kitchen cabinet; sounding board

Near Antonyms counselee

2

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations <get the best counselor that money can buy, especially if you're guilty>

Synonyms advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, counsel, counselor (or counsellor), counselor-at-law, legal eagle

Related Words cocounsel; district attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, solicitor; criminal lawyer, mouthpiece [slang], public defender, trial lawyer; solicitor; jurist; lawgiver, lawmaker, legislator, solon; ambulance chaser, pettifogger, Philadelphia lawyer, shyster

Variants of COUNSELOR

counselor or counsellor