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

our financial adviser had some words of caution about buying a second home

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Look for costs to cut Retirement is a good time, financial advisers say, to look for cost savings in the household budget. —

Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025 Next up, the president told his advisers to come up with new tariffs that take into account trade barriers and other economic approaches by U.S. trading partners that his administration deems unfair. —

Ian Austen, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 As President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk move forward with federal budget cuts, a new AP-NORC poll reveals a growing divide between public concern over government overspending and strong support for key programs like Social Security, Medicare and education. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 The Royals also hired him as an adviser to the GM — then Dayton Moore — ahead of the 2010 season. —

Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for adviser