Definitions

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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Jenkins, 50, added the situation had left him angry and upset and he had sought counselling from a mental health charity to manage the stress of the prosecution.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Thilothama, who works for Thozhi, a Chennai-based charity supporting transgender people, has spent more than a decade helping others find work and counselling those navigating rejection and uncertainty.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Before her career in counselling and education, Lena used to work in an elderly care home and remembers a woman there who had a husband 17 years younger than her.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

It confined itself, in fact, to counselling the Government to a transitory step—the raising of the export duties on silver....

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur