Word Study
adviser
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adviser, n. (also disp. advisor)
1 a person who advises, esp. one appointed to do so and regularly consulted.
2 US a person who advises students on education, careers, etc.
1 a person who advises, esp. one appointed to do so and regularly consulted.
2 US a person who advises students on education, careers, etc.
Usage
The disputed form advisor is prob. influenced by the adj. advisory.
THESAURUS
adviser
Dutch uncle, Polonius, admonisher, announcer, annunciator, authority, backseat driver, buttinsky, channel, cicerone, communicant, communicator, confidant, confidante, consultant, counsel, counselor, enlightener, expert, expert witness, gossipmonger, grapevine, guide, informant, information center, information medium, informer, instructor, interviewee, kibitzer, meddler, mentor, monitor, mouthpiece, nestor, newsmonger, notifier, orienter, preceptist, press, public relations officer, publisher, radio, reporter, source, spokesman, teacher, television, teller, tipster, tout, witnessROGET THESAURUS
adviser
Director
N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.Advice
N advice, counsel, adhortation, word to the wise, suggestion, submonition, recommendation, advocacy, advisement, exhortation, expostulation, admonition, guidance, instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation, Governor's message, President's message, King's message, Queen's speech, message, speech from the throne, adviser, prompter, counsel, counselor, monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo, senator, teacher, guide, manual, chart, physician, doctor, leech, archiater, arbiter, reference, referment, consultation, conference, pourparler, recommendatory, hortative, dehortatory, admonitory, Int, go to!, give every man thine ear but few thy voice, I pray thee cease thy counsel, my guide, philosopher, and friend, 'twas good advice and meant, my son be good, verbum sat sapienti, a word to the wise is sufficient, vive memor leti, we, ask advice but we mean approbation.For further exploring for "adviser" in Webster Dictionary Online