adviser

noun

ad·​vis·​er əd-ˈvī-zər 

variants or advisor

: someone who gives advice

a financial/investment adviser

She was not signing on as a domestic or foreign-policy adviser …

—Peggy Noonan

In this meeting, Clifford, who had been a senior Truman aide and an adviser to Kennedy, used George Ball's memorandums in pleading that the war could not be won.

—Sidney Blumenthal

In December, she and her thesis advisor, Neal Evans, used the camera, attached to a 50-inch telescope, to look for infant stars in a giant molecular cloud in the constellation Orion.

—Andrew Chaikin

In a real sense, the emperor's astronomical ministers functioned like advisors in a modern president's cabinet, advising him on how best to conduct the affairs of state in a harmonious and effective manner.

—Laurence A. Marschall

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What's the difference between adviser and advisor?

Adviser or advisor? It doesn't matter what your computer's spellcheck tells you, adviser and advisor are both correct. Although there is enough overlap between these two words that they are generally considered simply to be different ways to spell the same word, there are some cases in which one tends to be used more often than the other. Some people feel that advisor is more formal, and it tends to be found more often when applied to official positions, such as an advisor to a president. When referring to someone who is serving in a military role, especially when using the term as a euphemism (as when claiming that troops are actually military advisers), then adviser is somewhat more common.

Synonyms

• consigliere
• consultant
• counsel
• counselor
• counsellor

Examples of adviser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a former chief economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and delegated to the IMF by the Modi government, Subramanian has good reason to take umbrage at the slightest suggestion that India’s economy may not be as robust as thought. —Debasish Roy Chowdhury, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024

The State Department has already awarded several contracts for police advisers for the Haiti mission. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024

Of course, nearly two decades is a long time, and some financial advisers say the current reality may be closer to 60-30-10, particularly in more expensive parts of the country. —Krysten Chambrot, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024

In 2021, Matheny was tapped to be President Biden’s senior adviser on technology and national security issues. —Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2024

Records show the investment firm started by Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser, Jared Kushner, also filed an application and was approved to hire a foreigner as an associate under the same visa program. —Adriana Gomez Licon, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024

French, Polish, and other European military advisers could also provide lethal and nonlethal training within Ukraine to further professionalize the country’s military. —Alex Crowther, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024

Though Europe’s economy is anemic compared to the U.S., those rate cuts could ignite more stock market growth that would benefit investors, advisers say. —Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024

Iran said the salvo was retaliation for an attack on the Iranian consular building in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which killed two senior commanders and five advisers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. —Matt Bradley, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

advise + -er entry 2, -or entry 1

First Known Use

circa 1536, in the meaning defined above