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or counsellor
1
as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally
a young couple going to a marriage counselor
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as in lawyer
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
get the best counselor that money can buy, especially if you're guilty
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Recent Examples of counselor
Some sessions on your own with a licensed counselor may help you to do that.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The hotline can provide information about local food resources and put residents in touch with a Project Bread counselor.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Rhonda Harris-Choudhry is an energy healer, psychic, spiritual counselor, and author.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
The complaint accused Coconut Grove Sailing Club and three counselors, including the one who operated the motorboat, of various counts of negligence.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The hotline can provide information about local food resources and put residents in touch with a Project Bread counselor.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Rhonda Harris-Choudhry is an energy healer, psychic, spiritual counselor, and author.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
The complaint accused Coconut Grove Sailing Club and three counselors, including the one who operated the motorboat, of various counts of negligence.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counselor
Noun
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Harold Hamm The oil billionaire and Continental Resources founder has been an informal adviser to Trump on energy issues.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The artisans also had access to a military advisor, Dan Karbler, who was accessible at all times.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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The following episode kicks off on a much lighter note with the lawyers all sitting around trading their favorite cosmetic procedures and self-care rituals.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.—
Stephen Tave,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Marcus Allen, founder of The Society Archive, who spent 15 years as a stylist and creative consultant, photographed and styled the campaign for the collection.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Gus Bartholomew is co-founder of Leafr, the world’s largest marketplace for independent sustainability consultants.—
Gus Bartholomew,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sherrill, also a former federal prosecutor and attorney, entered politics less than a decade ago when she was elected to Congress in 2018.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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In addition to Kardashian and Watts, the attorneys will be played by Niecy Nash-Betts, Glenn Close, Teyana Taylor and Sarah Paulson, along with clients played by guest stars Brooke Shields, Jessica Simpson, Judith Light and Rick Springfield.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Counselor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counselor. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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