consultant

from 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

consultant \consultant\ n.
   an expert who gives advice.

   Syn: adviser, advisor.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

consultant

   <job> 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},
   recommends 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)

from 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

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