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Definition: Adviser |
AdviserNoun1. An expert who gives advice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adviser" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
General | Person appointed to give specialist or expert information on a particular event, or generally. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Coordinates variety of activities for residents of boarding school, college fraternity or sorority house, care and treatment institution, children's home, or similar establishment: Orders supplies and determines need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. Assigns rooms, assists in planning recreational activities, and supervises work and study programs. Counsels residents in identifying and resolving social or other problems. Compiles records of daily activities of residents. Chaperones group-sponsored trips and social functions. Ascertains need for and secures services of physician. Answers telephone and sorts and distributes mail. May escort individuals on trips outside establishment for shopping or to obtain medical or dental services. May hire and supervise activities of housekeeping personnel. May plan menus. (references) |
Public Administration | One that gives advice. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ADVISER | English | Added value information services on European research results | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AdviserSynonyms: advisor (n), consultant (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Advice | Adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo, senator; teacher. |
Director | Guiding star; (guidance); adviser; guide; (information); pilot; helmsman; steersman, steermate; wire-puller. |
Lawyer | Noun: lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law; jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate; barrister, barrister at law; King's or Queen's counsel; K.C.; Q.C.; silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher; tubman, judge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adviser |
| English words defined with "adviser": Advisership, amicus curiae, approach ♦ backroom boy, brain truster ♦ confidential adviser-advisee relation ♦ Dehorter ♦ friend of the court ♦ house physician ♦ investment adviser ♦ judge advocate, Judge-Advocate General ♦ management consultant ♦ Privileged communication ♦ security consultant, special, starets. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "adviser": Ahithophel ♦ Cardinal ♦ director, recreation, DISTRICT ADVISER ♦ FEED AND FARM MANAGEMENT ADVISER, FOREIGN-STUDENT ADVISER ♦ Priest, PRIVATE-BRANCH-EXCHANGE SERVICE ADVISER, PUBLIC ADVISER ♦ Redder, retainer fee ♦ SUPERINTENDENT, RECREATION ♦ United States Department Of Agriculture. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Then we just take it for ourselves! We-no listen! We can rule! I can be the king, Gallagher can be the toilet fixer, Chantlis can be the Spiritual Adviser and Pettengail-- has passed out. Ok (Red Planet; writing credit: Chuck Pfarrer) It must be hard for a political adviser to understand this, but I'm merely a civil servant. (Yes, Minister; writing credit: Semyon Lungin) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Ibn Sa'ud, the Sultan of Saudi Arabia with Sir Percy Cox, the English adviser of Arabian Affairs, seated outside of tent.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Paul Jordon, regional information adviser, region seven.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | A Delegate may by notice in writing addressed to the President appoint one of his advisers to act as his deputy, and the adviser, while so acting, shall be allowed to speak and vote. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Mr. Knightley was a sort of general friend and adviser, and she knew Mr. Elton looked up to him. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In this manner, the mysterious old Roger Chillingworth became the medical adviser of the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | ICON Group is a Registered Investment Adviser. (references) | |
DH serves as the Government's Health Adviser, is responsible for administering healthcare policies and statutory functions, and manages the administration of 63 general outpatient clinics. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | In October 2000, the Chief Minister of Kelantan, who is also the spiritual adviser for the opposition Islamic party PAS, was banned from speaking at a mosque in Selangor. (references) |
Peru | Videotapes of bribes being paid to key figures in the media by Fujimori's intelligence adviser Montesinos confirmed that the Fujimori administration paid five of the six commercial television stations, much of the tabloid press, and at least one serious newspaper to run pro-Fujimori articles and editorials. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | Nearly all major companies retain a legal adviser. (references) |
Human Rights | Guinea-Bissau | The President replaced Nosolini with his former political adviser, Mario Lopes. (references) |
Colombia | The Government has an extensive human rights apparatus, which includes the office of the President's Adviser for Human Rights, headed by Vice President Gustavo Bell. (references) | |
Paraguay | The office of the Attorney General's Special Adviser on Human Rights has been extremely active in pursuing justice against human rights abusers from the Stroessner regime. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | Houphout-Boigny's successor, President Henri Konan Bédié, knew the United States from his time as Cte d'Ivoire's Ambassador to Washington and later as special adviser to the President of the World Bank. (references) |
Political Rights | Iran | President Khatami appointed a woman to serve as Presidential Adviser for Women's Affairs. (references) |
Trade | Ireland | In addition, it acts as adviser and banker to the Irish government. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Representative John Kasich | Well, I don't know, Bob. But as I told a Bush adviser yesterday, if the Republican Party is not capable of selling tax cuts, then we've got to take another look at the Republican Party. We can do it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Adviser" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.15% of the time. "Adviser" is used about 1,410 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.15% | 1,398 | 5,736 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.85% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,410 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "adviser": domestic science adviser ♦ economic adviser ♦ investment adviser ♦ legal adviser ♦ military adviser ♦ national security adviser ♦ policy adviser ♦ political adviser ♦ psychic adviser ♦ spiritual adviser ♦ technical adviser. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "adviser": adviser-led. | |
Ending with "adviser": Minister-adviser. | |
Containing "adviser": confidential adviser-advisee relation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "adviser"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | konsulent (consultant), këshilltar (councillor, counsellor, counselor, mentor, monitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستشار (chancellor, consultant, council, councillor, counselor, mentor), المرشد (conductor, instructor, leader, monitor, pole star), المشير, الناصح (advisor, mentor, uncle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съветник (advisor, aide, councillor, counsellor, doctor, guide, monitor), консултант (advisor, consultant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 顧問 (consultant), 指導教授 (advising professor), 参谋 (advisor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poradce (consultant, counsellor, counselor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | raadgiver (advisor), rådgiver (advisor, counsellor), Konsulent (advisor, analyst, counsellor, systems analyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | adviseur (advisor, animal consultant, breeding adviser, breeding consultant, consultant, counsellor, husbandry adviser, livestock consultant), raadsman (advisor, counsel, counsellor, intercessor, lawyer, legal counsel, solicitor), Raadadviseur, consulent (advisor, animal consultant, breeding adviser, breeding consultant, consultant, counsellor, husbandry adviser, livestock consultant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مشاور (Consultant, Counselor), رهنمون (Guideline), رایزن (Consultant, Counselor), راهنما (Clue, Conductor, Guidance, Guide, Guideline, Key, Keyword, Landmark, Leader, Lodestar, Pacemaker, Polestar, Signal, Usher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neuvonantaja (counsellor), neuvoja (advisory agent, advisory officer, consultant, consulting officer, counsellor, extension officer), konsulentti (counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Conseiller (admonish, advise, advisor, give advise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Berater (advisers, advisor, aide, consultant, consulter, counsellor, counselor), Ratgeber (counsellor, counselor, mentor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμβουλοσ (advisor, consultant, consulter, councillor, counsellor, counselor, counsilor, director), σύμβουλος (advisor, consultant, counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יועץ (consultant, counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanácsadó (advisor, advisory, advisory board, aide, consultant, consultative, consulting, counselor, mentor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | adpisir, penasehat (counsellor, mentor), pembimbing (guide), pembicara (discussant, lawyer, speaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | consigliere (advice, advisor, consultant, council, councillor, councilor, counsellor, counselor, mentor, monitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 補佐 (aid, assistance, assistant, counselor, help), 顧問 (consultant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そう "やく (counselor), ほさ (aid, assistance, assistant, counselor, help), か""くしゃ (counselor), "も" (ancient writing, classical literature, consultant, fine pattern), アドバイザー , じょ""しゃ (counsellor), じょ'"しゃ (counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 문관 (advisor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fer coyrlee (council, counsellor), coyrleyder (consultant), coyrlagh (consultant, consultative, counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adviseray Conselheiro (advisor, councillor, counsellor, counselor, mentor). (various references) sfetnic (councillor), sfãtuitor (counsel, counsellor, friend, monitor), povãţuitor (guide), consultant (consultant, consulting, consultor, counsel), consilier (consultant, councillor, counsellor), cãlãuzã (fugleman, guide, guide book). (various references) консультант (advisor, advisories, consultant, counselor). (various references) savetodavac, savetnik (counsellor, counselor, informer), konsultant (consultant). (various references) consejero (advisor, consultant, councillor, councilor, counsellor, counselor, executive director, member of the board of directors), asesor (advisor, advisory, assessor, consultant, counsellor, counselor, moderator, prudential, puisne). (various references) rådgivare (advisor, counsellor, mentor). (various references) akıl hocası (master, mentor), müşavir (advisor, counsellor, counselor, syndic), danışman öğretmen (advisor), danışman (advisor, consultant, consulting, counsel, counsellor, counselor, guidance conselor, guide, mentor, supervisor). (various references) maslahatзy. (various references) радник (advisor, councillor, counsellor, counselor, monitor), консультант (advisor, assessor, consultant). (various references) người khuyên bảo (advisor), người chỉ bảo (advisor), cố vấn (advisor, advisory, consultant, consulting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | consiliari, consiliarii, consiliariis, consiliario, consiliariorum, consiliarios, consiliarium, consiliarius, consiliatores, consiliatoribus, consiliatorum. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | doctor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adviser": advisers. (additional references) | |
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"Adviser" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adavise, adevise, adiver, admisit, advase, advis, advisari, advisary, advize, Alvise, Ardview, avier, Kadviserg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adviser" (pronounced advī"zer) |
| 6 | a d v ī" z er | advisor. |
| 4 | -v ī" z er | divisor. |
| 3 | -ī" z er | geyser, incisor, kaiser, miser, riser, sizer, wiser. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: advise, aiders, aivers, davies, deairs, divers, drives, irades, raised, redias, resaid, varied, varies, visaed, visard. | |
-2 letters: aider, aides, aired, aiver, arise, aside, avers, dares, deair, dears, devas, divas, diver, dives, drave, dries, drive, ideas, irade, raids, raise, rased, raved, raves, reads, redia, resid, rides, rived, rives, saved, saver, serai, sired, siver, vairs, viers, vires, vised. | |
-3 letters: aide, aids, airs, ares, arid, arse, aver, aves, avid, dais, dare, dear, deva, devs, dies, dire, diva, dive, ears, eras, idea, ides, ired, ires, rads, raid, rase, rave, read, reds, reis, revs, rias, ride, rids, rise, rive, sade, sadi, said, sard, sari, save, sear, sera, side, sire, vair, vars, vase, vera, vide, vied, vier, vies, visa, vise. | |
-4 letters: ads, aid, air, ais, are, ars, ave, dev, die, dis, ear, eds, era, ers, ids, ire, rad, ras, red, rei, res, rev, ria, rid, sad, sae, sea, sei, ser, sir, sri, var, vas, via, vie, vis. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ai, ar, as, de, ed, er, es, id, is, re, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: advisers, avodires, avoiders, invaders, ravished. | |
+2 letters: adversity, advertise, deprivals, derivates, deviators, driveways, duratives, graveside, maravedis, reinvades, shivareed, valorised, vaporised, varicosed, varisized, varnished, vineyards. | |
+3 letters: adenovirus, adsorptive, adverbials, advertised, advertiser, advertises, advertizes, advisories, cabdrivers, daredevils, disapprove, disfavored, drawknives, driveshaft, enravished, gravesides, larvicides, misaverred, ovaritides, overplaids, privatised, riverwards, stravaiged, travestied, unravished, verdancies, vulgarised. | |
+4 letters: adventurism, adventurist, adversarial, adversaries, adversative, adversities, advertisers, advertising, animadverts, cadaverines, depravities, derivations, derivatives, derivatizes, disapproved, disapprover, disapproves, disprovable, distractive, divaricates, driveshafts, drivetrains, duumvirates, eviscerated, gravidities, maidservant, overpraised, revalidates, revitalised, semidwarves, trivialised, unvarnished, vineyardist, vivandieres, weaverbirds. | |
+5 letters: adenoviruses, adventurisms, adventurists, adversatives, advertencies, advertisings, advertorials, deactivators, decemvirates, deliverances, denervations, depravations, deprivations, desiderative, deverbatives, disapprovers, discoverable, disseverance, ditransitive, diversionary, dorsiventral, maidservants, misadventure, overstrained, unadvertised, veratridines, vineyardists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 76 69 73 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. ...- .. ... . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01110110 01101001 01110011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d v i s e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0076 0069 0073 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35708875857184 |
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