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- if you cannot afford counsel, one will be provided for you
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- I suggest you take the teacher's counsel
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- alarm
- (also alarum),
- alert,
- caution,
- cautioning,
- expostulation,
- forewarning,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- urging,
- warning
- judgment
- (or judgement),
- observation,
- verdict
- assistance,
- briefing,
- coaching,
- direction,
- instruction,
- mentoring,
- priming,
- prompting,
- teaching,
- tutoring
- interference,
- kibitzing
- (also kibbitzing),
- meddling
- the toy manufacturer hired a public relations counsel to do some damage control
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- adviser
- (also advisor),
- consigliere,
- consultant,
- counselor
- (or counsellor)
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Near Antonyms for counsel
- counselee
- she approved the move after a counsel with her advisers
Synonyms for counsel
- argument,
- argumentation,
- argy-bargy
- [chiefly British],
- back-and-forth,
- colloquy,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- conference,
- consult,
- consultation,
- council,
- debate,
- deliberation,
- dialogue
- (also dialog),
- discussion,
- give-and-take,
- palaver,
- parley,
- talk
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verbSynonyms of counsel (Entry 2 of 2)
- concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community
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- every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college
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Phrases Synonymous with counsel
- perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you
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- I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter
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“Counsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counsel. Accessed 29 Oct. 2020.
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