COUNSELORS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

counselors

noun

variants or counsellors

plural of counselor

as in advisers

a person who gives advice especially professionally a young couple going to a marriage counselor

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counselees

as in lawyers

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations get the best counselor that money can buy, especially if you're guilty

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Recent Examples of counselors Some may also do what grief counselors call continuing bonds. — Naomi Barr, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026 Filling the room were people from organizations who helped those who came out of the criminal justice system, as counselors or lawyers who worked to get criminal records expunged, along with the beneficiaries of those efforts. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 The boys recounted their experiences to camp counselors, who were dismissive of their complaints according to court records reviewed by The Star. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 The nudity is also more gratuitous and the counselors more obnoxious. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program, or HIICAP, provides free counselors. — Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026 Staff told me that the same families return every August because their children are so obsessed with the Kids Club counselors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026 For teachers and counselors citing the research with families, that nuance matters. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 This includes — but is not limited to — nurses at state hospitals and prisons, cooks employed by the California Highway Patrol academy and counselors at the California School for the Deaf. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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Antoine Bernheim, one of my early advisers, used to say that the secret of business is being in the right place at the right time.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Accountants, employees, outside advisors and service providers may each handle different pieces of the financial process.

— Prasanna Kumar, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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Prosecutors had sought life prison sentences while the brothers’ lawyers had requested the 15-year mandatory minimum.

— Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Key witness testimonies changed over time, the court excluded significant exculpatory evidence and judicial rulings skewed the jury’s view of the evidence against Masterson, his lawyers alleged at the time.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026