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[syn: adviser, advisor, consultant]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
consultant \consultant\ n.
an expert who gives advice.
Syn: adviser, advisor.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
consultant
n 1: an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students
select their courses"; "the United States sent military
advisors to Guatemala" [syn: adviser, advisor,
consultant]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "consultant":
Admirable Crichton, Dutch uncle, Polonius, adept, admonisher,
adviser, advisor, artisan, artist, attache, authority,
backseat driver, buttinsky, confidant, connaisseur, connoisseur,
cordon bleu, counsel, counselor, crack shot, craftsman, dead shot,
diplomat, diplomatist, doctor, elder statesman, experienced hand,
expert, expert consultant, graduate, guide, handy man, instructor,
journeyman, kibitzer, marksman, meddler, mentor, monitor, nestor,
no slouch, orienter, physician, politician, preceptist, pro,
professional, professor, proficient, savant, shark, sharp,
specialist, statesman, teacher, technical adviser, technician
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
consultant
A person who facilitates organisational change and/or
provides subject matter expertise on technical, functional and
business topics during development or implementation. Consultants
perform business requirements analysis, recommend selection of
packaged software, develop proposals for consulting services and
manage implementation projects at client sites. They provides
expert knowledge of products such as SAP R/3, PeopleSoft,
HRMS/Financials and SmartStream.
(2004-03-09)