COUNSELORS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

counselors

noun

variants or counsellors

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plural of counselor

as in advisers

a person who gives advice especially professionally a young couple going to a marriage counselor

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counselees

as in lawyers

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 counselors This reduction in staff will apply to employees under a Chapter 21 contract, which, under the Texas Education Code, means classroom teachers, principals, librarians, nurses, or school counselors could be impacted. —

Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 The owners of Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died, want to reopen. —

Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2026 Are there counselors, school psychologists? —

Deborah Vankin, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026 The bargaining session marked the latest effort to resolve the dispute over wages, staffing and working conditions between LAUSD and its largest union, which represents roughly 37,000 teachers, counselors, nurses, psychologists, social workers and librarians. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026 Grief counselors will be available at both campuses when students return Monday, district officials said. —

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026 Status of talks with teachers UTLA represents about 37,000 teachers, counselors, nurses, and middle and high school librarians. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 For generations, 911 operators have been the backbone of the American emergency response network, answering calls for help, and then dispatching and coordinating police and firefighters, SWAT teams, mental-health counselors and animal-control officers. —

Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026 Grief counselors were sent to the scene after the fatal incident on Sunday. —

Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026

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Trump is slated to make trips to Nevada and Arizona later this week to tout his tax policies, resuming domestic travel that advisers once viewed as key to energizing midterm voters — but that’s largely been put on hold since attacking Iran in late February.

— CNN staff, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Prior to that, several of his political advisers quit, and many prominent political figures and organizations pulled their endorsements.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026