To provide a liquid applicator with which irritation on an affected part of a patient may be reduced even when a liquid drug is used. [Solution] According to the present invention an applicator comprises a solution container which comprises an opening and a columnar brush member formed by bundling synthetic fibers in a columnar shape. The columnar brush member is disposed at the opening of the solution container a tip portion of the columnar brush member at an outside of the solution container has a fan shape expanding in a perpendicular lateral direction against a pillar axial lengthwise direction and a thickness of the fan shaped tip portion of the columnar brush member decreases in a perpendicular lengthwise direction against the pillar axial lengthwise direction toward the tip portion of the columnar brush member. The liquid applicator of the present invention has the fan shaped tip portion so that irritation on an affected part may be decreased and a liquid tinea medicine may be applied to the affected part.