adviser

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

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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.

Examples of adviser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Con artists often succeed by creating false urgency and convince someone to make a decision quickly without consulting a family member or adviser. — cleveland, "Top scams reported to the Cleveland BBB in 2019, don’t be a victim," 13 Feb. 2020 He has been locked in a power battle with Johnson’s top adviser Dominic Cummings for months. — Jessica Shankleman, Fortune, "On Day 13 in post-Brexit Britain, Boris Johnson loses his finance chief in tumultuous cabinet shakeup," 13 Feb. 2020 President Trump on Tuesday night attacked the judge presiding over his friend and adviser Roger Stone's criminal case. — TheWeek, "In Twitter rampage, Trump attacks federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone," 12 Feb. 2020 To help locate and spray the locusts, FAO is recruiting technical advisers from West African countries experienced in controlling outbreaks. — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, "In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol," 12 Feb. 2020 At least 380,000 people have died there since, and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced like Nyakewa, under the gaze of more than ten thousand UN peacekeepers and as many international advisers and development workers. — Peter Martell, The New York Review of Books, "What Went Wrong in South Sudan," 11 Feb. 2020 In choosing the name, WHO advisers focused simply on the type of virus that causes the disease. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, "Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19," 11 Feb. 2020 In choosing the name, WHO advisers focused simply on the type of virus that causes the disease. — Andrew Joseph, Scientific American, "Disease Caused by the Novel Coronavirus Officially Has a Name: Covid-19," 11 Feb. 2020 Raymond is described in public filings as the chief executive’s sounding board, adviser on long-term strategy and guide for annual performance reviews, as well as a key voice in who will one day succeed him. — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, "Climate activists want former Exxon chief removed from JPMorgan board," 10 Feb. 2020

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