The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (1969)
Lawyer
//ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "lawyer" (39 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
defined as
1 entriesderived
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesholonym
2 entriesis a
3 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
used for
2 entriesTranslations
277 translations across 125 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- advokaat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- prokureur noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- regsgeleerde noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Albanian
1 entries- avokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Amharic
2 entries- ነገረፈጅ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ጠበቃ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δικήγορος noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- πρόδικος noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Arabic
4 entries- محامي noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- محامي noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- مُحَامٍ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- مُحَامِيَة noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Armenian
2 entries- իրավաբան noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- փաստաբան noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Assamese
1 entries- উকিল noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
3 entries- ܢܘܿܡܝܼܩܵܐ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ܣܢܹܐܓ݂ܪܵܐ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ܣܢܹܐܓ݂ܲܪܬܵܐ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Asturian
1 entries- abogáu noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- hüquqşünas noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- vəkil noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Belarusian
4 entries- адвака́т noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- адвака́тка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юры́ст noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юры́стка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Bengali
2 entries- আইনজীবি noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- উকিল noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Breton
1 entries- breutaer noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Bulgarian
4 entries- адвока́т noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- адвока́тка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юри́ст noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юри́стка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Burmese
1 entries- ရှေ့နေ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Catalan
2 entries- advocada noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advocat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پارێزەر noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Chechen
2 entries- адвокат noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юрист noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᏘᏲᎯᎯ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Chinese
2 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- 辯護士 /辩护士 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Czech
4 entries- advokát noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advokátka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurista noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- juristka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Danish
3 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- sagfører noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Dutch
4 entries- (juridisch) raadsman noun (layman who argues points of law)
- advocaat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advocate noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Esperanto
2 entries- advokatino noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advokato noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Estonian
2 entries- advokaat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Faroese
1 entries- sakførari noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Finnish
3 entries- asianajaja noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- juristi noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- lakimies noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
French
4 entries- avocat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- avocate noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- femme de loi noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- homme de loi noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Galician
4 entries- avogada noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- avogado noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- leterada noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- leterado noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Georgian
2 entries- ადვოკატი noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- იურისტი noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
German
4 entries- Anwalt noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- Anwältin noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- Rechtsanwalt noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- Rechtsanwältin noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Greek
1 entries- δικηγόρος noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Gujarati
1 entries- વકીલ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Hebrew
4 entries- עוֹרֵךְ דִּין noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- עוֹרֶכֶת דִּין noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- פְּרַקְלִיט noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- פְּרַקְלִיטָה noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Hindi
1 entries- वकील noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Hungarian
2 entries- jogász noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ügyvéd noun (professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice)
Icelandic
1 entries- lögfræðingur noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Ido
1 entries- advokato noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Indonesian
1 entries- pengacara noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Interlingua
1 entries- advocato noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- حُقوقدان noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- حُقوقشِناس noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- وَکیل noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Irish
1 entries- dlíodóir noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Italian
4 entries- avvocatessa noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- avvocato noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- giurista noun (layman who argues points of law)
- legale noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Japanese
2 entries- 弁護士 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- 法曹 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Jeju
1 entries- 벤호사 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- adivogádu noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Kannada
1 entries- ವಕೀಲ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- ёкюл noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Kazakh
3 entries- адвокат noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- заңгер noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- қорғаушы noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Khmer
2 entries- មេធាវី noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- អាវ៉ូកាត៍ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Korean
1 entries- 변호사 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- адвокат noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юрист noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Ladin
1 entries- aucat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Lao
1 entries- ນັກກົດໝາຍ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Latin
4 entries- causidicus noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- cognitor noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- iurisconsultus noun (layman who argues points of law)
- lēgisperītus noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Latvian
2 entries- advokāts noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurists noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Lithuanian
2 entries- advokatas noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- juristas noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- pšawiznik noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- rěcnik noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Macedonian
4 entries- адвока́т noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- адвока́тка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- правник noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- правничка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Malagasy
1 entries- mpisolovava noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Malay
3 entries- loyar noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- muhami noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- peguam noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Malayalam
2 entries- അഭിഭാഷകന് noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- വക്കീല് noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Maltese
1 entries- avukat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Marathi
1 entries- वकील noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Middle English
1 entries- lawiere noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Mirandese
2 entries- abogada noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- abogado noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Mongolian
2 entries- хуульч noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- өмгөөлөгч noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Māori
1 entries- rōia noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Navajo
1 entries- aghaʼdiitʼaahii noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- parêzer noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- sakfører noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- sakførar noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Occitan
3 entries- avocairitz noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- avocat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- avocata noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Ojibwe
2 entries- dibaakonigewinini noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- giigidoowinini noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Palauan
1 entries- chad er a llach noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Pashto
2 entries- قانوندان noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- قانونپوه noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Persian
1 entries- وَکِیل noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Aunwault noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- Ofkot noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Polish
4 entries- adwokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- adwokatka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- prawniczka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- prawnik noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Portuguese
2 entries- advogada noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advogado noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਵਕੀਲ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Quechua
1 entries- amachaq noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Romanian
4 entries- avocat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- avocată noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- juristă noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Russian
3 entries- адвока́т noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юри́ст noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юри́стка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- neach-lagha noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- advokàtica noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advòkāt noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- prȃvnica noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- prȃvnīk noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Sicilian
3 entries- abbucata noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- abbucatu noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurista noun (layman who argues points of law)
Sinhalese
1 entries- නීතිඥයා noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- juri´stt noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Slovak
4 entries- advokát noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advokátka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurista noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- juristka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Slovene
4 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- advokatka noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- odvetnica noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- odvetnik noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Spanish
4 entries- abogada noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- abogado noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- abogado de secano noun (layman who argues points of law)
- leguleyo noun (layman who argues points of law)
Swahili
1 entries- wakili noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Swedish
2 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- jurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Tagalog
2 entries- abogado noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- mananaggol noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Tajik
4 entries- адвокат noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юрист noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ҳуқуқдон noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ҳуқуқшинос noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Tamil
1 entries- வழக்கறிஞர் noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Telugu
3 entries- న్యాయవాది noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ప్లీడరు noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- వకీలు noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Thai
3 entries- ทนาย noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ทนายความ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- นักกฎหมาย noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཁྲིམས་རྩོད་པ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ጠበቃ noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- loman noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- loya noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Turkish
1 entries- avukat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Turkmen
3 entries- adwokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- hukukçy noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ýurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Ukrainian
4 entries- адвока́т noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- адвока́тка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юри́ст noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- юри́стка noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Unami
1 entries- lòyès noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Urdu
2 entries- قانُون دان noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- وَکِیل noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئادۋوكات noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- ئادۋۇكات noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Uzbek
3 entries- advokat noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- huquqshunos noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- yurist noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Vietnamese
1 entries- luật sư noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Volapük
1 entries- lavogan noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfreithiwr noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 律師 /律师 noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַדוואָקאַט noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- לויער noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Yoruba
2 entries- agbẹjọ́rò noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
- lọ́yà noun (professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I have a feeling you'll be a very good lawyer.
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Better to get advice from your lawyer.
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The salary of a teacher is lower than that of a lawyer.
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