consultantnoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈsʌl.tənt/us/kənˈsʌl.tənt/B2 someone who advises people on a particular subject:
a management/financial/computer consultant
a firm of public relations consultants
UK a specialist (= doctor with special training and knowledge in a particular area of medicine)
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- We ought to hire a public relations consultant to help improve our image.
- The doctor gave him a referral to the consultant.
- Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with .
- She set up in business as a management consultant.
- She is a feng shui consultant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- doyen
- high priest
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
- resident
- skilled
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- virtuoso
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Giving advice
Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally