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attorney - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | attorney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawyer |
| Synonyms: | advocate, ambulance chaser*, barrister, counsel, counselor, front, lip*, mouthpiece*, proxy, DA, fixer, legal beagle, legal eagle, pleader, spieler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adviser/advisor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps |
| Synonyms: | Dutch uncle, aide, attorney, authority, backseat driver, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, director, doctor, expert, friend, guide, helper, instructor, judge, kibitzer*, lawyer, mentor, monitor, partner, priest, referee, teacher, tutor, buttinski, clubhouse lawyer, quarterback, righthand person, second-guesser |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advocate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person supporting an idea or cause publicly |
| Synonyms: | apostle, attorney, backer, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, lawyer, promoter, proponent, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, campaigner, expounder, pleader, proposer, upholder |
| Antonyms: | antagonist, assailant, enemy, opposition, protestor |
| Main Entry: | counselor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal representative; adviser |
| Synonyms: | advocate, ambulance chaser*, attorney, counsel, front*, guide, instructor, lip*, mentor, mouthpiece*, solicitor, squeal*, teacher*, legal beagle, legal eagle, pleader |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go-between |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as an agent |
| Synonyms: | arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, liaison, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative, interagent, interceder, intermediator, marriage broker, matchmaker |
| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe*, hound*, inspector, police, private detective, private eye, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, spy, Sherlock Holmes, inquirer, plainclothes officer, prosecutor, snooper, tester, undercover cop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jurist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jurisprudent |
| Synonyms: | attorney, barrister, counsel, counselor, defender, judge, justice, lawyer, magistrate, counsellor, legal adviser, legal expert, legal scholar |
| Main Entry: | lawyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law |
| Synonyms: | advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counselor, defender, jurist, mouthpiece*, practitioner, proctor, solicitor, attorney-at-law, counsellor, jurisprudent, legal adviser, legal eagle, legist, member of the bar, pleader, procurator |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proxy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent |
| Synonyms: | alternate, ambassador, attorney, backup, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, executor, intermediary, lawyer, negotiator, representative, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, assignee, mediary |
| Main Entry: | advisor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guide |
| Synonyms: | Dutch uncle, adviser, aide, attorney, authority, backseat driver, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, director, doctor, expert, friend, guide, helper, instructor, judge, kibitzer, lawyer, mentor, monitor, partner, priest, referee, teacher, tout, tutor, buttinski, clubhouse lawyer, quarterback, righthand man, second-guesser, tipster |
| Main Entry: | ambulance chaser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unethical lawyer |
| Synonyms: | attorney, lawyer, shyster, legal eagle, pettifogger, unethical attorney |
| Main Entry: | agent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing an organization or person in business |
| Synonyms: | abettor, actor, advocate, ambassador, assistant, attorney, broker, commissioner, delegate, deputy, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, factotum, go-between, intermediary, lawyer, minister, negotiator, officer, operative, operator, principal, proctor, promoter, proxy, representative, salesperson, servant, steward, substitute, surrogate, worker, assignee, functionary, handler, mediary, middleperson, mover, ten percenter |
| Main Entry: | representative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts in the stead of another |
| Synonyms: | agent, attorney, commissioner, counselor, delegate, deputy, lawyer, legislator, member, messenger, proxy, salesperson, senator, spokesperson, assemblyperson, congressperson, councilor, councilperson, rep |
| Main Entry: | counsel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal representative |
| Synonyms: | adviser, advocate, attorney, barrister, bomber*, counselor, lip*, mouthpiece*, patch*, shyster*, solicitor, legal adviser, legal beagle, legal eagle |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal system |
| Synonyms: | bench, counsel, court, dock, judgment, judiciary, law, law court, tribunal, attorneys, barristers, counselors, courtroom, jurists, law practice, lawyers, legal profession, solicitors |
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