Synonyms of consultant

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adviser
• confidant
• counselor
• expert
• specialist
• counsel
• professional
• consigliere
• pro
• authority
• cabinet
• kitchen cabinet
• sounding board

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• client
• advisee
• counselee

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consultant

Field staff and consultants were still turning up considerable problems related to Citation’s injection, including excessive pressures at the sites of destructive eruptions of wastewater. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

And now each side demands the silencing of the other’s voters, reducing democracy to the conversation between party leaders and their redistricting consultants. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

The thinking inside the studio and among consultants was that the film’s unusual construction, which blurs the line between nonfiction and staged narrative, might have allowed the guild to treat it as a both a feature and a documentary. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

Wilson will be in charge of podcast content acquisition at Netflix and will start out as consultant. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026