consultant
Outside expert hired
A consultant is someone hired to provide expert advice in a particular field.
Companies bring in consultants for specialized knowledge they lack internally—management consultants, IT consultants, legal consultants.
The term can suggest expensive outside help: They paid consultants millions to tell them what employees already knew.
In some contexts, consultant is a euphemism for someone between jobs or working freelance.
Expert in one field
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- guruRevered authority figure
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- mavenTrusted field authority
subject-matter · niche · domain · seasoned · credentials · proficiency · competence · skillset
Of or relating to companies
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- clienteleCollective body of customers
deliverables · solutions · workflow · optimization · restructuring · implementation · scalability · enterprise
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- adviserOne giving professional guidance
- coachOne who instructs
- guideLeader or instruction book
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
facilitator · mediator · ombudsman · negotiator · trusted · sounding-board · strategist · consigliere
Professional opinion-giver
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- analystOne who examines systematically
- contributorOne who provides something
- panelistDiscussion group member
Facts for analysis
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
diagnosis · insights · metrics · quantitative · qualitative · findings · reporting · trends
Computer systems management
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- financialRelating to money
- legalPermitted by statute
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
HR · engineering · healthcare · environmental · security · tax · immigration · political
specialist
Expert in one field
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- guruRevered authority figure
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
maven · subject-matter · niche · domain · seasoned · credentials · proficiency · competence · skillset · qualification
corporate
Of or relating to companies
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- efficiencyProductive without waste
clientele · deliverables · solutions · workflow · optimization · restructuring · implementation · scalability · enterprise · strategy
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
confidant · facilitator · mediator · ombudsman · negotiator · trusted · sounding-board · strategist · consigliere · counsellor
pundit
Professional opinion-giver
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- analystOne who examines systematically
- contributorOne who provides something
panelist · correspondent · columnist · on-air
data
Facts for analysis
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
assessment · diagnosis · insights · metrics · quantitative · qualitative · findings · reporting · trends · patterns
IT
Computer systems management
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- financialRelating to money
- legalPermitted by statute
marketing · HR · engineering · healthcare · environmental · security · tax · immigration · political · strategy
- advisorspolicy advisors, adviser, advisor, think tanks, expert panels
- business contactsclient, colleagues, colleague, contact, coworker
- business districtfinancial district, CBD, office building, office tower, skyscraper
- business jobsaccountant, analyst, manager, banker, broker
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
- fashion careersfashion designer, fashion model, stylist, tailor, seamstress
- legal consultationProfessional guidance on law
- pediatrician consultationMedical visit for minors
- travel consultantsJourney planning specialists
- public relations consultantManages client-public communication
- management consultantExternal business problem-solver
- free consultationMeeting without payment required
consultation, consultants, consultative, consultancy, consultations, consultancies