con ‧ sul ‧ tant AC /kənˈsʌltənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ consultation , ↑ consultancy , ↑ consultant , ↑ consulting ; adjective : ↑ consultative , ↑ consulting ; verb : ↑ consult ]
1 . someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject:
a management consultant
2 . British English a hospital doctor of a very high rank who has a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + consultant
▪ a political/financial etc consultant
A team of political consultants shaped his election campaign.
▪ an outside/independent consultant (=one who does not belong to your organization)
An educational programme was planned by outside consultants.
▪ a management consultant (=one who advises a company how to improve its management)
The company employed management consultants to help with their strategy for the future.
▪ a recruitment consultant (=one who helps companies find suitable staff)
Recruitment consultants say that employers are reducing the number of new staff.
▪ a marketing consultant (=one who gives advice on how to advertise and sell a product)
▪ a public relations/PR consultant (=one who advises an organization on how to relate well to the public)
▪ an image consultant (=one who advises people how to improve their style or appearance)
The new Prime Minister was advised to see an image consultant.
▪ a fashion consultant (=one who advises people on what to wear)
It would be great to have your own fashion consultant.
■ verbs
▪ act as a consultant (=be a consultant on a particular project)
He acted as a historical consultant on the film.
▪ work as a consultant
We have 170 staff working as computer consultants to clients.
▪ employ a consultant
We sometimes employ consultants to help with marketing.
▪ hire/engage a consultant (=start to employ one)
The company hired an outside consultant to review staffing levels.
▪ bring in a consultant (=start to use one)
Consultants were brought in to examine the building.
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THESAURUS
▪ doctor someone who treats people who are ill, who has completed a long course of study at medical school:
If you have bad chest pains, you should see a doctor.
▪ GP British English a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats the people who live in a local area:
My GP told me that I must lose weight.
▪ physician /fəˈzɪʃ ə n, fɪˈzɪʃ ə n/ formal especially American English a doctor:
the American physician, Dr James Tyler Kent
▪ quack informal someone who pretends to be a doctor:
My father felt that people practicing alternative medicine were just a bunch of quacks.
▪ the medical profession doctors and nurses considered as a group:
This view is widely accepted among the medical profession.
▪ surgeon /ˈsɜːdʒ ə n $ ˈsɜːr-/ a doctor who does operations in a hospital:
One of the world’s top heart surgeons performed the operation.
▪ specialist a doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, part of the body, or type of treatment:
The new drug is being tested by cancer specialists.
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an eye specialist
▪ consultant British English a very senior doctor in a hospital, with a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine:
The consultant said that he did not think it was cancer.
▪ paramedic someone who has been trained to treat sick or injured people, especially at the scene of an accident:
Paramedics treated him for shock.
▪ vet ( also veterinarian especially American English ) a doctor who treats animals:
We took the cat to the vet.
▪ paediatrician British English , pediatrician American English a doctor who treats children who are sick
▪ gynaecologist British English , gynecologist American English a doctor who treats medical conditions and illnesses that affect women’s bodies
▪ obstetrician a doctor who deals with the birth of children
▪ radiographer someone whose job is to take ↑ X-ray s or to treat people using an X-ray machine