Synonyms for solicitor
Most common
agent lawyer deputy transactional attorney applicant petitioner customer peddler US
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Lawyer — one who solicits An agent or proxy in other contexts, especially a petitioner, an intercessor, a go-between
lawyer, transactional attorney, deputy, agent, go-between, advocate, intercessor, attorney rare UK
2. Petitioner
petitioner, applicant, candidate, aspirant, suitor, suppliant, solicitant
Definitions
- n. 1
One who solicits An agent or proxy in other contexts, especially a petitioner, an intercessor, a go-between.
- n. 2
One who solicits A lawyer offering most legal services to clients apart from representation in court, for which the lawyer typically solicits and instructs a barrister instead, although rights of audience vary by jurisdiction.
Traditional solicitors are still found in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, and parts of Australia.
Related words
- Word family
- solicitress solicitrix
Forms
- Plural
- solicitors → lawyers, deputies, agents, go-betweens…
Example sentences
- agent I know that Tom isn't a real estate agent anymore.
- lawyer Ben decided to tell the lawyer everything he knew.
- deputy Ziri was a sheriff's deputy back in the 1980s.
- applicant Tom advised the job applicant to redo her resume.
By length
- 4 letters
- tout1
- 5 letters
- agent2
- 6 letters
- lawyer2, deputy3, suitor2, pedlar
- 7 letters
- peddler2, tempter, inciter
- 8 letters
- attorney3, customer3, advocate3, catalyst3, aspirant3
- 9 letters
- candidate3, applicant3, canvasser, suppliant
- 10 letters
- petitioner4, solicitant
- 11 letters
- intercessor
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- solliciteur
- Español
- solicitante