adviser

or ad·vi·sor

[ ad-vahy-zer ]

noun

1. one who gives advice.
2. Education. a teacher responsible for advising students on academic matters.
3. a fortuneteller.

adviser

/ ədˈvaɪzə /

noun

1. a person who advises
2. education a person responsible for advising students on academic matters, career guidance, etc
3. education a subject specialist who advises heads of schools on current teaching methods and facilities

Other Words From

• ad·viser·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adviser¹

First recorded in 1605–15; advise + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Austin is surrounding himself with senior advisers for many of his top priorities, including one for China policy.

From Vox

Alabama can try again to execute Smith once it institutes procedures for allowing spiritual advisers to accompany inmates.

From Washington Post

As the concept for the “In Your Shoes” meetups took shape, Brumberg contacted Cory Grewell, a professor of literature and drama club adviser at Patrick Henry, a 40-minute drive from Georgetown.

From Washington Post

The brains of older adults seem to have more aperiodic activity than those of younger adults, Voytek found in a 2015 study with his doctoral adviser Robert Knight, a professor of neuroscience at Berkeley.

From Quanta Magazine

Last month, as his position soared above $47 million, the user was unmasked as Keith Gill, a 34-year-old certified financial adviser in Massachusetts.

From Washington Post

On the following Monday, it was arranged by my Resident Adviser that I would meet with the dean of students, Robert Canevari.

From The Daily Beast

Whitaker is not only a close friend of the president and the first lady but of senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, as well.

From The Daily Beast

General Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to the first President Bush, shuffled head-down through the mob.

From The Daily Beast

He also appointed a very experienced intelligence chief, Ajit Doval as his national security adviser.

From The Daily Beast

But when the information was brought up with the White House, senior adviser Karl Rove told them to “let these sleeping dogs lie.”

From The Daily Beast

His services as witness and expert adviser were in great request by railway companies.

From Project Gutenberg

Henry Burns smiled most affably, as though the squire had been his dearest friend and adviser.

From Project Gutenberg

He lived in a house belonging to her, the hotel de Soissons; she made him her supreme adviser.

From Project Gutenberg

The sheik, panic-struck, came in and made submission, revealing the treachery of the ranee's paramour and adviser.

From Project Gutenberg

In this latter work his success was very moderate, but he became unconsciously an intimate friend and adviser of the Czar.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aide
• coach
• confidant
• consultant
• counselor