Synonyms of lawyer

lawyer

noun

ˈlȯ-yər 

as in attorney

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations

their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attorney
• counsellor
• advocate
• counselor
• solicitor
• counsel
• prosecutor
• jurist
• attorney-at-law
• counselor-at-law
• legislator
• legal eagle
• district attorney
• prosecuting attorney
• trial lawyer
• cocounsel
• criminal lawyer
• public defender
• lawmaker
• shyster
• mouthpiece
• lawgiver
• Philadelphia lawyer
• ambulance chaser
• pettifogger
• solon

Examples of lawyer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Join 23 others in the comments View Comments Also on Thursday, a second lawsuit was filed by the same lawyer on behalf of Clarissa DeBock, a Nebraska resident who ate at a McDonald’s in September and later was diagnosed with E. coli, according to a complaint by the law firm. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024

Helen Karlis, a spokesperson for White’s lawyers at Clayton Utz, said the law firm had no immediate comment on the latest allegations that have been aired. —Owen Tripp, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024

Last year, lawyers for Lyle and Erik Menendez also filed a petition to review the brothers’ sentences that could’ve allowed for a retrial. —Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024

At a court hearing last week, the lawyer for 24-year-old Ginrhic Bernadino-Santiago openly declared a doubt to his client’s mental competency for a criminal trial. —Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024