A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
[mainly British]
Shirley's brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.
regional note: in AM, usually use specialist
2. countable noun
A consultant is a person who gives expert advice to a person or organization on a particular subject.
He was a consultant to the Swedish government.
...a team of management consultants sent in to reorganise the department.
Synonyms: specialist, adviser, counsellor, authority More Synonyms of consultant
consultant in British English
(kənˈsʌltənt)
noun
1.
a.
a senior physician, esp a specialist, who is asked to confirm a diagnosis or treatment or to provide an opinion
b.
a physician or surgeon holding the highest appointment in a particular branch of medicine or surgery in a hospital
2.
a specialist who gives expert advice or information
3.
a person who asks advice in a consultation
Derived forms
consultancy (conˈsultancy)
noun
consultant in American English
(kənˈsʌltənt)
noun
1.
a person who consults with another or others
2.
an expert who is called on for professional or technical advice or opinions
Word origin
< L consultans, prp. of consultare
COBUILD Collocations
consultant
external consultant
outside consultant
senior consultant
Examples of 'consultant' in a sentence
consultant
She was previously a senior partner at management consultant McKinsey.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It's important you raise your concerns at the next appointment with his consultant.
The Sun (2016)
They already do in medical school, home to the doctors and consultants of the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Her family said that junior doctors were struggling to cope and that consultants and senior doctors no longer had the time to mentor them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The consultants are now multimillionaires.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The management consultants said the judgment could be overturned in the Supreme Court.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The Church of England has been taken over by management consultants.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I studied management science and really thought I was going to be a management consultant.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What the journalists were not told is that the transformation has been made possible by management consultants.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was ushered past waiting fracture clinic patients for an appointment with a consultant.
The Sun (2008)
He was seen regularly by his senior doctor and a consultant.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Its consultants are design experts with their fingers firmly on the pulse.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He hired a specialist consultant in speed limit signs and summoned transport officials as witnesses.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So take a breath and get some experienced consultants.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Consultants will now sift through them before publishing a shortlist of solutions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One day her hospital consultant needed to interview her.
Carpenter, Anne & Johnson, Geoffrey Why am I Afraid to Grieve (1994)
What does it take to be an outstanding management consultant?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Changing the way doctors and consultants are paid has also caused chaos.
The Sun (2006)
He has also got his roster of expert consultants working for him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An outside consultant must now provide an independent opinion over the field.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Perhaps the image consultant's advice went farther.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You also spoke to your consultant, who confirmed this might be the case.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The tropical medicine consultant, of course.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The appointment with the consultant was not until Friday.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The look on the consultant's face confirmed my worst fears.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A specialist consultant has been hired to assess the whole business.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I think she is right to suggest that we invest in hiring an experienced sales consultant.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Or he may refer you to an ear, nose and throat consultant for further advice and specialist treatment.
The Sun (2010)
His campaign has shone a welcome spotlight on a corner of medicine where consultants challenged to try new approaches to old problems often protest too much.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is despite a declaration in 2007 by it and other colleges to have a consultant obstetrician in hospital at all times.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One study highlighted in the review said that consultant physicians were directly involved in patient care overnight in only 6.1 per cent of teams.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Until recently I was a consultant physician in charge of a busy medical ward.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
As a consultant physician I work a basic 48-hour week.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Word lists with
consultant
Medical practitioners and specialists
In other languages
consultant
British English: consultant /kənˈsʌltnt/ NOUN
doctor A consultant is an experienced doctor specializing in one area of medicine.
...a consultant heart surgeon.
American English: specialist physician
Arabic: مُسْتَشَار
Brazilian Portuguese: consultor
Chinese: 顾问
Croatian: konzultant
Czech: specialista lékař
Danish: rådgiver
Dutch: consultant
European Spanish: especialista
Finnish: konsultti
French: consultant
German: Berater
Greek: σύμβουλος
Italian: consulente
Japanese: 顧問医
Korean: 컨설턴트
Norwegian: konsulent
Polish: doradca
European Portuguese: consultor
Romanian: consultant
Russian: консультант
Latin American Spanish: asesor
Swedish: konsult
Thai: ผู้ให้คำปรึกษา
Turkish: danışman
Ukrainian: консультант
Vietnamese: nhà tư vấn
British English: consultant NOUN
expert A consultant is a person who gives expert advice to a person or organization on a particular subject.
She is a consultant to the government.
American English: consultant
Brazilian Portuguese: consultor
Chinese: 顾问
European Spanish: asesor
French: consultant
German: Berater
Italian: consulente
Japanese: 顧問
Korean: 고문
European Portuguese: consultor
Latin American Spanish: asesor
All related terms of 'consultant'
tax consultant
a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs , esp on legal ways of paying less tax
consultant nurse
(in Britain) an experienced senior nurse on an elevated salary who is responsible for running clinics and managing nursing teams
image consultant
an expert that can be hired to advise on how to improve the impression given to others in terms of brand or style
outside consultant
A consultant is a person who gives expert advice to a person or organization on a particular subject.
senior consultant
A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
consultant engineer
an engineer who works as a consultant to a project or company
consultant physician
a physician who has attained the rank of consultant in a particular speciality
engineering consultant
a consultant specializing in engineering
external consultant
A consultant is a person who gives expert advice to a person or organization on a particular subject.
financial consultant
A financial consultant is the same as a → financial adviser .
management consultant
A management consultant is someone whose job is to advise companies on the most efficient ways to run their business .
recruitment consultant
A recruitment consultant is a person or service that helps professional people to find work by introducing them to potential employers .
consultant paediatrician
a paediatrician who has attained the rank of consultant
consultant psychiatrist
a psychiatrist who has attained the rank of consultant
consulting engineer
an engineer who works as a consultant to a project or company