advisors
Those who counsel
Advisors are people who give guidance or counsel, especially in an official or professional capacity.
A financial advisor manages investments; an academic advisor helps students plan coursework.
The spelling varies—advisor and adviser are equally correct, with advisor more common in American English and formal titles.
She consulted her advisors before making the decision.
One who instructs
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- guideLeader or instruction book
- counselorOne who advises
- guruRevered authority figure
sensei · master · sage · elder · confidant · sponsor · protégé · apprenticeship
Institutional clergy member
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- imamMuslim religious guide
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- priestOne who performs sacraments
elder · confessor · guru · shaman · healer · diviner · oracle · astrologer
Enclosed storage furniture
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- aideSupporting staff member
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
- pollsterOne who measures opinion
campaign · lobbyist · diplomat · envoy · emissary · policy · speechwriter · think-tank
Professional advice provider
- specialistExpert in one field
- analystOne who examines systematically
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
professional · technocrat · pundit · think-tank · independent · retained
Transaction intermediary for hire
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
fiduciary · actuarial · estate · tax · securities · CFP · CFA · commission-based
Licensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- counselExpert guidance offered
- advocatePublic cause supporter
lawyer · paralegal · litigation · defender · prosecutor · retainer · fiduciary · compliance
One who directs workers
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- facultyInherent power or ability
- professorSenior university teacher
committee · doctoral · postdoc · dean · provost · registrar · admissions · curriculum
coach
One who instructs
guru · sensei · master · sage · elder · confidant · sponsor · protégé · apprenticeship · mentorship
chaplain
Institutional clergy member
priest · elder · confessor · guru · shaman · healer · diviner · oracle · astrologer · mystic
cabinet
Enclosed storage furniture
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- aideSupporting staff member
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
pollster · campaign · lobbyist · diplomat · envoy · emissary · policy · speechwriter · think-tank · courtier
consultant
Professional advice provider
- specialistExpert in one field
- analystOne who examines systematically
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
authority · professional · technocrat · pundit · think-tank · independent · retained
broker
Transaction intermediary for hire
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
retirement · fiduciary · actuarial · estate · tax · securities · CFP · CFA · commission-based
attorney
Licensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- counselExpert guidance offered
advocate · lawyer · paralegal · litigation · defender · prosecutor · retainer · fiduciary · compliance · regulatory
supervisor
One who directs workers
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- facultyInherent power or ability
professor · committee · doctoral · postdoc · dean · provost · registrar · admissions · curriculum · departmental
- teachersteacher, tutor, tutors, instructor, instructors
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive power, executive orders, cabinet secretary
- military aidmilitary aid, arms sales, military training, military hardware, arms deals
- power behind the throneregents, viziers, cardinals, prime ministers, chancellors
- White House Staffchief of staff, press secretary, aide, aides, counsel
advisorssaboteurs
Intentional disruptors of operations
opposers · adversaries · obstructors · detractors · antagonists
advisorsdecision-makers
Those with choosing power
advisees · principals · executives · commanders · leaders
- advisory boardPanel providing organizational guidance
- financial advisorProfessional guiding monetary decisions
- parental advisory
- travel advisoryOfficial safety notice for destinations
- health advisoryOfficial warning about risks
- military advisorExpert counseling armed forces