lawyer

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/ UK /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #1025

Meanings

1

noun
A person whose job is to advise people about the law and represent them in court.

She hired a lawyer to handle the contract dispute.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person whose job is to... attorney advocate counselor

More abogadoavocatcounsel latitat lawman

Opposites

non-lawyer

Word family

Forms lawyers

Derived forms antilawyercyberlawyerlawyer-readablelawyer-speaklawyerballlawyerdomlawyereselawyeresslawyeringlawyerishlawyerismlawyerless

Related forms barrister solicitor

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.

lawiere Middle English

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Topics

People & Society Law & Government

# lawyer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈlɔɪ.ɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)
**Frequency rank:** 1025

## Meanings
1. A person whose job is to advise people about the law and represent them in court.

## Examples
- She hired a lawyer to handle the contract dispute.

## Synonyms
- abogado
- advocate
- attorney
- avocat
- counsel
- counselor
- latitat
- lawman

## Antonyms
- non-lawyer

## Derived Forms
- antilawyer
- cyberlawyer
- lawyer-readable
- lawyer-speak
- lawyerball
- lawyerdom
- lawyerese
- lawyeress
- lawyering
- lawyerish
- lawyerism
- lawyerless

## Related Forms
- barrister
- solicitor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lawiere

## Etymology
From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.

## AI Etymology
Lawyer comes from Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Law & Government

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