Word family noun advice adviser advisor advisability adjective advisable ≠ inadvisable advisory verb advise adverb advisedly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishadviserad‧vis‧er, advisor /ədˈvaɪzə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] BOADVISEsomeone whose job is to give advice because they know a lot about a subject, especially in business, law, or politics a financial adviserExamples from the Corpus
adviser• Co., which is acting as an adviser to Airtours.• If one of your clients has incontinence problems, ask for help from a continence adviser or community nurse.• In practice engaging the services of an independent financial adviser makes sense.• Talk to an independent financial adviser before you invest your money.• The Congressional Budget Office, an independent adviser to Congress, had recently forecast growth of around 2.6 percent per year.• the Prime Minister's personal adviser on economic affairs• But compensation is only granted if the adviser goes bust and is unable to pay back your money.From Longman Business Dictionaryadviserad‧vis‧er /ədˈvaɪzə-ər/ (also advisor American English) noun [countable] JOBan expert who gives information to someone so that they are able to make a good decision → independent financial adviser 