counselling

VERB

give advice

Synonyms

STRONG

admonish advise advocate caution charge confab direct enjoin exhort guide huddle inform instruct kibitz order prescribe prompt recommend reprehend steer suggest teach tip tout urge warn

WEAK

give pointer give two cents keep posted put bug in ear put heads together put on to show the ropes tip off wise one up

Antonyms

STRONG

approve conceal discourage dissuade hide learn misguide mislead neglect prevent

Example Sentences

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Eswatini's government has said US deportees were "in good hands" and receiving healthcare, including counselling.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The foundation has a counselling room and facilities near the village of Portglenone, County Antrim.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

"We've all received counselling and both my husband and I have had to get mediation for anxiety and tablets to help us sleep."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The court also heard that Stephen McCullagh had made a recording of a private counselling session the woman had following the loss of a pregnancy.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

"Those, who have begun to assist us," he shrewdly observed to Jay, when counselling him that every first favor obtained from Spain was tant de gagné, "are more likely to continue than to decline."

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell