adviser

adviser
(also advisor) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief, principal, senior, special, top
▪

the government's chief economic adviser

▪ close, trusted
▪

the president's most trusted adviser

▪ personal
▪ expert (esp. BrE), professional
▪ independent
▪ government, presidential
▪ economic, medical, military, policy, political, scientific, security, technical
▪

top foreign policy advisers

▪ campaign (esp. AmE), public relations (BrE)
▪ business (esp. BrE), financial, investment, legal, tax
▪ careers (BrE), faculty (AmE)
▪

Students can sit down with a careers adviser and discuss what to do next.

▪ thesis (AmE)
VERB + ADVISER
▪ act as
▪ appoint, appoint sb (as)
▪ have
▪

Do you have a financial adviser?

▪ consult, consult with (AmE), see, speak to, talk to
▪

You ought to consult an independent legal adviser.

PREPOSITION
▪ adviser on
▪

an adviser on environmental issues

▪ adviser to
▪

She acts as an adviser to the president.


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  • Adviser — Ad*vis er, n. One who advises. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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