adviser

noun

ad·vis·er əd-ˈvī-zər

variants or advisor

Synonyms of adviser next

: someone who gives advice

a financial/investment adviser

She was not signing on as a domestic or foreign-policy adviser …—

Peggy Noonan

In this meeting, Clifford, who had been a senior Truman aide and an adviser to Kennedy, used George Ball's memorandums in pleading that the war could not be won.—

Sidney Blumenthal

In December, she and her thesis advisor, Neal Evans, used the camera, attached to a 50-inch telescope, to look for infant stars in a giant molecular cloud in the constellation Orion.—

Andrew Chaikin

In a real sense, the emperor's astronomical ministers functioned like advisors in a modern president's cabinet, advising him on how best to conduct the affairs of state in a harmonious and effective manner.—

Laurence A. Marschall

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What's the difference between adviser and advisor?

Adviser or advisor? It doesn't matter what your computer's spellcheck tells you, adviser and advisor are both correct. Although there is enough overlap between these two words that they are generally considered simply to be different ways to spell the same word, there are some cases in which one tends to be used more often than the other. Some people feel that advisor is more formal, and it tends to be found more often when applied to official positions, such as an advisor to a president. When referring to someone who is serving in a military role, especially when using the term as a euphemism (as when claiming that troops are actually military advisers), then adviser is somewhat more common.

Examples of adviser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even former President Barack Obama once made a similar comparison, according to a book by Ben Rhodes, his former adviser and speechwriter. —

John Blake, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024 Carmel Martin was a senior policy adviser to Biden's 2020 campaign and coordinated the task forces. —

Elena Moore, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024 Asked for comment, the Lake campaign pointed to a post from Caroline Wren, a senior adviser to Ms. Lake, who insisted on Tuesday that Ms. Lake was not referring to the territorial-era law in the interview. —

Chris Cameron, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024 However, there also were reports that Melania Trump was sending a message to her stepdaughter Ivanka Trump, who was one of her husband’s senior advisers. —

Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024 Other former Trump aides who appeared before the grand jury that probed the case are not expected to be called as trial witnesses, including Trump's longtime adviser Kellyanne Conway, the sources said. —

Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024 Iran's Revolutionary Guard's announced the deaths of seven military advisers in the Damascus strike. —

Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 Galvin was previously a policy adviser for an Arizona Corporation commissioner. —

Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024 Benjamin Miller, who served as the director of policy planning at the Department of Sanitation under Mayor David Dinkins, is now an adviser with the Center for Zero Waste Design, an organization that aims to create more sustainable cities. —

Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024

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