adviser

noun

ad·vis·er | \ əd-ˈvī-zər

variants: or advisor

Definition of adviser

: 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

Synonyms What's the difference between adviser and advisor? More Example Sentences Learn More About adviser

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.

Examples of adviser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trump’s businesses and acted as an informal adviser to his 2016 campaign. — Jon Swaine, Dalton Bennett, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022 Giles, an international businessman, has experience in various industries and positions, including as an adviser to the Saudi oil minister. — Fox News, 28 July 2022 Oleg Ustenko, an economic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the government had no choice but to seize the bank holding VR’s assets. — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 28 July 2022 But Julian said that Jenne, who long ago served some prison time in a public corruption case, is not serving as an adviser for his campaign, though the two are acquainted. — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2022 Amaya, who described Scott as an informal adviser to his campaign, sent the answers along without thinking much about it. — Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022 Still, theologians continued to push the idea of embryonic humanity; in 1621, the physician Paolo Zacchia, an adviser to the Vatican, proclaimed that the soul was present from the moment of conception. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 16 July 2022 Pence, according to an adviser, will not make a decision on whether to run for president until after the midterms, unlike Trump, who is seriously considering entering the presidential fray before the midterms, according to sources close to him. — Fin Gómez, CBS News, 15 July 2022 Cobb proved to be an influential adviser during his stint. — Peter Nicholas, NBC News, 14 July 2022 See More

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