counsellor

Noun

Meaning

a lawyer who pleads cases in court

someone who gives advice about problems

someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

advocate counsel counselor pleader counselor-at-law councilman consul assemblyman procurator alderman director guide lawyer coach attorney
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Antonyms

figurehead fifth columnist sock puppet mentee bull in the china shop blind fools of fate
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Hypernyms

lawyer attorney adviser consultant advisor supervisor

Hyponyms

Dutch uncle

Phrases with the word

guidance counsellor defense counsellor financial counsellor privy counsellor

Examples

Be ruled by time, the wisest counsellor of all. Plutarch

To a bad king a worse counsellor. Torquato Tasso

Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor. William Shakespeare

Where vain-glory reigns, folly is prime counsellor. Darkovan Proverb

The night is good counsellor. Portuguese Proverb

Anger is a bad counsellor. Hungarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

counsellee counseller counselling counsellorship counsellour counselor