Counsel

Noun

 * 1) The exchange of opinions and advice; consultation
 * 2) Advice or guidance so given
 * 3) A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC)

Verb

 * 1) To give advice, especially professional advice.
 * The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
 * Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.
 * 1) To recommend

Adjectives for Counsel
(advice) profound; wise; simple; humane; sane; sweet; gratuitous; anxious; politic; grave; external; insidious; weighty; sworn; heart-some; friendly; erroneous; paternal; vigorous; stout-hearted; medical; expert; wholesome; diffident; ill; intelligible; divided prudent; crooked;  unanimous;  lenient spiritual; senseless; psychiatric; valorous sage;   distracted;   appealing;   infernal misguided; financial.

Verbs for Counsel
(advice) accept—; amend—; ask—; bestow—; con¬demn—; decree—; denounce—; engage—; enter—; examine—; execute—; follow—; hearken unto—; hint—; implore—; lack—; lend—; mislead—; plead—; prize—; propose—;  receive—;   reject—;    seek—; speak—; take—; —displeases; —guides; —prevails; —sways; deliver—; forsake—.

Synonyms for Counsel

 * (noun) advice
 * (verb) advise, admonish, inform, apprise, acquaint, recommend, suggest, warn, instruct, guide.

Antonyms for Counsel
conceal, withhold, misinform.

Thesaurus
Dutch uncle, Polonius, admonisher, admonition, advice, advise, advise with, advisement, adviser, advising, advisor, advocacy, advocate, agent, aim, ambition, amicus curiae, animus, aspiration, attorney, attorney-at-law, backseat driver, bar, bargain, barrister, barrister-at-law, brief, briefing, brooding, buttinsky, call in, caution, caveat, coach, collogue, compare notes, confer, confer with, confidant, consideration, consult, consult with, consultant, consultation, contemplation, council, counselor, counselor-at-law, deliberate, deliberation, deputy, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, direct, direction, discuss, discuss with, discussion, effect, exchange observations, exchange views, exhortation, expert, expostulation, fixed purpose, friend at court, function, guidance, guide, have conversations, hold conference, hortation, idea, instruct, instruction, instructor, intendment, intent, intention, intercessor, judgement, kibitz, kibitzer, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legal profession, legalist, lucubration, meaning, meddle, meddler, meditation, mentor, mind, monition, monitor, motive, mouthpiece, musing, negotiate, nestor, nisus, opinion, orienter, palaver, parley, plan, pleader, pleading, point, pondering, powwow, preceptist, prescribe, proctor, procurator, project, proposal, propose, prospectus, purpose, put heads together, reason with, recommend, recommendation, refer to, reflection, remonstrance, representation, resolution, resolve, revolving, rumination, sake, sea lawyer, self-styled lawyer, sit down together, sit down with, solicitor, speculation, striving, study, submit, suggest, suggestion, take counsel, take up with, talk over, teacher, thought, view, warning, weighing, will

Etymology
counseil:, from conseil:, from  consilium:; akin to consulo:.

Noun

 * Arabic: شورى
 * Armenian: խորհրդատվություն
 * Bulgarian:, съвещание
 * Romanian: consultanță, sfat, povață, sfătuire


 * Russian:, обсуждение,  консультация,
 * Spanish: consulta


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: съвет,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * French: conseil, expertise
 * Romanian: expertiză, consultanță, sfat, povață
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Armenian: խորհրդատվություն տալ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: neuvoa, antaa neuvoja


 * French: conseiller
 * Romanian: consilia, sfătui, povățui


 * Bulgarian:, предлагам
 * Finnish:


 * French: conseiller
 * Romanian: recomanda (ceva)

Derived terms

 * keep one's counsel


 * keep one's own counsel

Related terms

 * counselable / counsellable


 * counseling / counselling


 * counselor / counsellor

Anagrams

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