noun
Meaning 1
One who offers advice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: counselor, consultant
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
advisor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
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Australian: /ædˈvɑɪ.zə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
A xiangqi piece that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, games, xiangqi
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an expert who gives advice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an adviser helped students select their courses
- the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adviser, consultant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: authority
Narrower terms: amicus curiae, friend of the court, backroom boy, brain truster, beauty consultant, counselor, counsellor, county agent, agricultural agent, extension agent, fashion consultant, fashionmonger, investment adviser, investment advisor, management consultant, media consultant, media guru, military adviser, military advisor, security consultant, starets, tipster, tout
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh1yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h1)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English advisor From advise + -or.
Across languages
Translations
172 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: raadgewer — one who offers advice
- Albanian: këshilltar — one who offers advice
- Albanian: këshilltare — one who offers advice
- Amharic: አማካሪ (ʾämakari) — one who offers advice
- Arabic: مُسْتَشَار (mustašār) — one who offers advice
- Arabic: مُسْتَشَارَة (mustašāra) — one who offers advice
- Arabic: نَاصِح (nāṣiḥ) — one who offers advice
- Arabic: نَاصِحَة (nāṣiḥa) — one who offers advice
- Armenian: խորհրդատու (xorhrdatu) — one who offers advice
- Armenian: խորհրդական (xorhrdakan) — one who offers advice
- Azerbaijani: məsləhətçi — one who offers advice
- Azerbaijani: müşavir — one who offers advice
- Bashkir: кәңәшсе (kəñəşse) — one who offers advice
- Basque: aholkulari — one who offers advice
- Belarusian: кансульта́нт (kansulʹtánt) — one who offers advice
- Belarusian: кансульта́нтка (kansulʹtántka) — one who offers advice
- Belarusian: дара́дца (darádca) — one who offers advice
- Belarusian: ра́дца (rádca) — one who offers advice
- Belarusian: саве́тнік (savjétnik) — one who offers advice
- Bengali: অধ্যাপক (oddhapok) — one who offers advice
- Bengali: পরামর্শক (poramorśok) — one who offers advice
- Bulgarian: съве́тник (sǎvétnik) — one who offers advice
- Bulgarian: съве́тничка (sǎvétnička) — one who offers advice
- Bulgarian: съве́тница (sǎvétnica) — one who offers advice
- Bulgarian: консулта́нт (konsultánt) — one who offers advice
- Bulgarian: консулта́нтка (konsultántka) — one who offers advice
- Burmese: အတိုင်ပင်ခံ (a.tuingpanghkam) — one who offers advice
- Catalan: assessor — one who offers advice
- Catalan: conseller — one who offers advice
- Chamorro: a'akonseha — one who offers advice
- Chinese Cantonese: 顧問 /顾问 (gu3 man6) — one who offers advice
- Chinese: 顧問 /顾问 (kò͘-būn) — one who offers advice
- Chinese Mandarin: 顧問 /顾问 (gùwèn) — one who offers advice
- Wu Chinese: 顧問 /顾问 (5ku-men) — one who offers advice
- Czech: poradce — one who offers advice
- Czech: poradkyně — one who offers advice
- Czech: rádce — one who offers advice
- Czech: rádkyně — one who offers advice
- Danish: rådgiver — one who offers advice
- Dutch: adviseur — one who offers advice
- Dutch: adviseuse — one who offers advice
- Dutch: raadgever — one who offers advice
- Dutch: raadgeefster — one who offers advice
- Estonian: nõuandja — one who offers advice
- Finnish: neuvonantaja — one who offers advice
- Finnish: neuvoja — one who offers advice
- French: conseiller — one who offers advice
- French: conseillère — one who offers advice
- Galician: asesor — one who offers advice
- Galician: conselleiro — one who offers advice
- Georgian: მრჩეველი (mrčeveli) — one who offers advice
- German: Berater — one who offers advice
- German: Beraterin — one who offers advice
- German: Ratgeber — one who offers advice
- German: Ratgeberin — one who offers advice
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ragineis) — one who offers advice
- Greek: σύμβουλος (sýmvoulos) — one who offers advice
- Ancient Greek: σύμβουλος (súmboulos) — one who offers advice
- Ancient Greek: μήστωρ (mḗstōr) — one who offers advice
- Hebrew: יוֹעֵץ (yo'éts) — one who offers advice
- Hindi: सलाहकार (salāhkār) — one who offers advice
- Hindi: परामर्शदाता (parāmarśadātā) — one who offers advice
- Hungarian: tanácsadó — one who offers advice
- Icelandic: ráðgjafi — one who offers advice
- Indonesian: penasehat — one who offers advice
- Indonesian: penasihat — one who offers advice
- Ingrian: nevvoja — one who offers advice
- Italian: consigliere — one who offers advice
- Italian: consigliera — one who offers advice
- Japanese: 顧問 (komon) — one who offers advice
- Japanese: 相談役 (sōdan'yaku) — one who offers advice
- Kazakh: кеңесші (keñesşı) — one who offers advice
- Khmer: កុង្សីយ៍ (kongsəy) — one who offers advice
- Khmer: ទីប្រឹក្សា (tii prəksaa) — one who offers advice
- Korean: 고문 (gomun) — one who offers advice
- Central Kurdish: ئامۆژگار (amojgar) — one who offers advice
- Northern Kurdish: rawêjkar — one who offers advice
- Northern Kurdish: şêwirmend — one who offers advice
- Northern Kurdish: amojgar — one who offers advice
- Kyrgyz: кеңешчи (keŋeşci) — one who offers advice
- Lao: ທີ່ປຶກສາ (thī pưk sā) — one who offers advice
- Latin: conciliātor — one who offers advice
- Latin: suāsor — one who offers advice
- Latvian: padomdevējs — one who offers advice
- Latvian: padomdevēja — one who offers advice
- Lithuanian: patarėjas — one who offers advice
- Lithuanian: patarėjė — one who offers advice
- Macedonian: советник (sovetnik) — one who offers advice
- Macedonian: советница (sovetnica) — one who offers advice
- Malay: penasihat — one who offers advice
- Mongolian: зөвлөгч (zövlögč) — one who offers advice
- Mongolian: ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ (ǰöblegči) — one who offers advice
- Norman: consillieux — one who offers advice
- Norwegian Bokmål: rådgiver — one who offers advice
- Norwegian Bokmål: veileder — one who offers advice
- Occitan: conselhièr — one who offers advice
- Old English: rǣdġiefa — one who offers advice
- Pannonian Rusyn: совитодавец (sovitodavec) — one who offers advice
- Pannonian Rusyn: совитодавка (sovitodavka) — one who offers advice
- Pashto: سلاکار (salākār) — one who offers advice
- Pashto: مشاور (mošāwér) — one who offers advice
- Pashto: سلاګر (salāgár) — one who offers advice
- Pashto: ناصح (nāséh) — one who offers advice
- Iranian Persian: مُشاوِر (mošâver) — one who offers advice
- Iranian Persian: مُسْتَشار (mostašâr) — one who offers advice
- Iranian Persian: ناصِح (nâseh) — one who offers advice
- Polish: doradca — one who offers advice
- Polish: doradczyni — one who offers advice
- Polish: konsultant — one who offers advice
- Polish: konsultantka — one who offers advice
- Portuguese: conselheiro — one who offers advice
- Romanian: sfătuitor — one who offers advice
- Romanian: sfătuitoare — one who offers advice
- Russian: консульта́нт (konsulʹtánt) — one who offers advice
- Russian: консульта́нтка (konsulʹtántka) — one who offers advice
- Russian: сове́тник (sovétnik) — one who offers advice
- Russian: сове́тница (sovétnica) — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: са́ветнӣк — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: са́вјетнӣк — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: са́ветница — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: са́вјетница — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: sávetnīk — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: sávjetnīk — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: sávetnica — one who offers advice
- Serbo-Croatian: sávjetnica — one who offers advice
- Slovak: poradca — one who offers advice
- Slovak: poradkyňa — one who offers advice
- Slovak: radca — one who offers advice
- Slovak: radkyňa — one who offers advice
- Slovene: svetovalec — one who offers advice
- Slovene: svetovalka — one who offers advice
- Sotho: moeletsi — one who offers advice
- Spanish: consejero — one who offers advice
- Spanish: asesor — one who offers advice
- Swahili: mshauri — one who offers advice
- Swedish: rådgivare — one who offers advice
- Swedish: sakkunnig — one who offers advice
- Swedish: konsult — one who offers advice
- Tagalog: tagapayo — one who offers advice
- Tajik: мушовир (mušovir) — one who offers advice
- Tajik: машваратчӣ (mašvaratči) — one who offers advice
- Tajik: мусташор (mustašor) — one who offers advice
- Tajik: носеҳ (noseh) — one who offers advice
- Tatar: киңәшче (kiñäşçe) — one who offers advice
- Thai: ที่ปรึกษา (tîi-bprʉ̀k-sǎa) — one who offers advice
- Turkish: akıl hocası — one who offers advice
- Turkish: danışman — one who offers advice
- Turkish: müşavir — one who offers advice
- Turkmen: geňeşçi — one who offers advice
- Turkmen: maslahatçy — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: консульта́нт (konsulʹtánt) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: консульта́нтка (konsulʹtántka) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: ра́дник (rádnyk) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: ра́дниця (rádnycja) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: пора́дник (porádnyk) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: пора́дниця (porádnycja) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: дора́дник (dorádnyk) — one who offers advice
- Ukrainian: дора́дниця (dorádnycja) — one who offers advice
- Urdu: صَلاح کار (salāh kār) — one who offers advice
- Urdu: مُشاوِر (muśāvir) — one who offers advice
- Urdu: مُسْتَشار (mustaśār) — one who offers advice
- Urdu: ناصِح (nāsih) — one who offers advice
- Uyghur: مەسلىھەتچى (meslihetchi) — one who offers advice
- Uzbek: maslahatchi — one who offers advice
- Uzbek: maslahatgoʻy — one who offers advice
- Vietnamese: cố vấn — one who offers advice
- Welsh: cynghorydd — one who offers advice
- Welsh: cynghorwr — one who offers advice
- Yiddish: בעל־יועץ (bal-yoyets) — one who offers advice
- Yiddish: ראָטגעבער (rotgeber) — one who offers advice
- Yiddish: קאָנסולטאַנט (konsultant) — one who offers advice
- Yiddish: נאַרײַער (narayer) — one who offers advice
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