Synonyms of attorney

attorney 1 of 2

noun (1)

ə-ˈtər-nē 

1

as in deputy

a person who acts or does business for another

talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deputy
• representative
• delegate
• agent
• manager
• minister
• proxy
• ambassador
• rep
• envoy
• assignee
• spokesperson
• procurator
• commissary
• factor
• diplomat
• spokesman
• surrogate
• plenipotentiary
• distributor
• replacement
• foreign minister
• speaker
• diplomatist
• substitute
• broker
• operative
• mediator
• arbitrator
• spy
• liaison
• emissary
• stand-in
• informer
• backup
• alternate
• legate
• sub
• intermediary
• conciliator
• relief
• peacemaker
• pinch hitter
• arbiter
• intercessor
• mouthpiece
• prophet
• middleman
• understudy
• point man
• compradore
• point person
• go-between
• comprador
• interposer

2

as in lawyer

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations

finished law school and became an attorney

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lawyer
• advocate
• counsellor
• counselor
• counsel
• solicitor
• attorney-at-law
• prosecutor
• counselor-at-law
• legal eagle
• district attorney
• prosecuting attorney
• jurist
• legislator
• cocounsel
• trial lawyer
• criminal lawyer
• public defender
• lawmaker
• mouthpiece
• shyster
• lawgiver
• Philadelphia lawyer
• ambulance chaser
• pettifogger
• solon

attorneys

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of attorney

1

as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another

talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• representatives
• deputies
• delegates
• agents
• managers
• ministers
• assignees
• ambassadors
• proxies
• reps
• envoys
• procurators
• factors
• diplomats
• commissaries
• spokesmen
• distributors
• surrogates
• diplomatists
• foreign ministers
• plenipotentiaries
• speakers
• operatives
• brokers
• arbitrators
• replacements
• mediators
• informers
• spies
• substitutes
• liaisons
• emissaries
• legates
• alternates
• pinch hitters
• conciliators
• intermediaries
• spokespeople
• subs
• backups
• intercessors
• peacemakers
• arbiters
• understudies
• prophets
• middlemen
• mouthpieces
• stand-ins
• reliefs
• point people
• compradores
• point men
• compradors
• point persons
• interposers
• go-betweens

2

as in lawyers

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations

finished law school and became an attorney

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lawyers
• counsellors
• advocates
• counselors
• attorneys-at-law
• counsels
• legal eagles
• prosecutors
• solicitors
• counselors-at-law
• co-counsels
• jurists
• district attorneys
• legislators
• prosecuting attorneys
• trial lawyers
• lawmakers
• criminal lawyers
• public defenders
• cocounsels
• mouthpieces
• lawgivers
• solons
• shysters
• ambulance chasers
• Philadelphia lawyers
• pettifoggers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of attorney

Noun

All but one of Combs’ attorneys took to the podium to speak on his behalf—but when the mogul’s only Black female counsel spoke on his behalf and began to cry, recounting a years-ago first-time meeting with the Bad Boy founder, the judge thanked her. —Essence, 7 Oct. 2025

Mark Reichel, Hernandez Santana’s attorney, entered the plea on behalf of his client. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025

Noun

The Mexican Consulate connected Lucio-Maymon and her colleague Michael Admirand with family from Prattville, who in turn connected the attorneys with family in Ruiz’s hometown, José María Pino Suárez, in the Mexican state of Durango. —Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025

Disbarment, which revokes a lawyer's license to practice law, is the most severe professional sanction for attorneys. —Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025