CONSULTANT Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

consultant

noun

kən-ˈsəl-tᵊnt

as in adviser

a person who gives advice especially professionally a consultant in public relations to a number of large corporations

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Recent Examples of consultant In 2022, former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, working as an industry consultant, submitted preliminary documents to the city proposing the battery storage plant at the site. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 June 2026 Pension funds, fiduciaries, and their consultants. —

Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Conversely, DeMaio has attacked state Republican Party finances, maintaining too much is spent on overhead and consultants. —

Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 Cowen argues the biggest losers in the AI transition may not be blue-collar workers, but elite professionals: The Manhattan lawyers, strategy consultants, and finance partners who spent decades mastering a set of elite credentials and playing by the rules. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for consultant

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adviser

Noun

The adviser recommended investment sales that resulted in a $50,000 capital gain tax bill, and their accountant disapproved.

— Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
Millions upon millions of people are using generative AI as their ongoing advisor on mental health considerations (note that ChatGPT alone has over 800 million weekly active users, a notable proportion of which dip into mental health aspects, see my analysis at the link here).

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026