consulter C2+ Topic:People & Society US /kənˈsʌltɚ/ UK /kənˈsʌltə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who consults or seeks advice from another Every consulter left the oracle's chamber more puzzled than before. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who consults or... consultantadviserinquirerclientquerist Word family Related forms consultconsultationconsultativeconsultee Etymology AI details From the verb consult (from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere 'to take counsel') plus the agentive suffix -er. consultare Latin consulere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # consulter **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kənˈsʌltɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /kənˈsʌltə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who consults or seeks advice from another ## Examples - Every consulter left the oracle's chamber more puzzled than before. ## Synonyms - consultant - adviser - inquirer - client - querist ## Related Forms - consult - consultation - consultative - consultee ## Roots and Affixes - Root: consultare - Root: consulere ## Etymology From the verb consult (from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere 'to take counsel') plus the agentive suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Consulter is from the verb consult (from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere 'to take counsel') plus the agentive suffix -er. The ancestry passes through Latin consultare and Latin consulere. The suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a person who consults or seeks advice from another", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include consult, consultation, consultative, and consultee. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown