consultant

Meaning

1. A person or party that is consulted.
2. A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
3. (Ireland, UK) A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

Synonyms

adviser

advisor

counselor

expert

counsellor

specialist

councillor

tactician

tutor

administrative adviser

aide

consulter

counsel

director

mentor

strategist

Translations

Berater

consultant

consultor

consulente

asesor

conseiller

consultor

εμπειρογνώμονας

danışman

assessor

σύμβουλος

Ratgeber

Beraterin

consejero

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈsʌl.tənt/

Etymology

From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.