Synonyms for attorney
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Lawyer — A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession
lawyer, counsel, solicitor, barrister UK AU NZ, counselor US, counsellor UK, advocate, legal representative, attorney-at-law, abogado, avocat, lawman rare
2. Agent — an agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's…
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- n. 2
An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
Related words
- Word family
- attorney-at-law
- Phrases
- defense attorney prosecuting attorney attorney of record attorney record transactional attorney attorney-general
- Is a kind of
- person
Forms
- Plural
- attorneys → lawyers, counsels, solicitors, barristers…
Example sentences
- lawyer Ben decided to tell the lawyer everything he knew.
- counsel The counsel pleased Pharaoh, and all his servants.
- counselor Sami and Layla decided to see a couples counselor.
- solicitor I think she'll be successful as a solicitor.
- deputy Ziri was a sheriff's deputy back in the 1980s.
By length
- 5 letters
- agent2, proxy2
- 6 letters
- lawyer2, factor2, deputy3, lawman2, avocat
- 7 letters
- counsel2, abogado
- 8 letters
- advocate3
- 9 letters
- counselor3, solicitor4, barrister3
- 10 letters
- substitute3, counsellor3, procurator
- 14 letters
- representative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- avocat
- Italiano
- avvocato
- Español
- abogado
- Deutsch
- Rechtsanwalt
- Català
- advocat