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guide
noun as in something that or someone who leads
Strong matches
adviser, attendant, captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, convoy, criterion, design, director, docent, escort, example, exemplar, exhibitor, genie, genius, guru, ideal, inspiration, lead, leader, lodestar, monitor, paradigm, pathfinder, pattern, pioneer, rudder, scout, standard, superintendent, usher, vanguard
Weak match
noun as in information, instructions
Strong matches
ABCs, beacon, bellwether, Bible, compendium, enchiridion, landmark, lodestar, mark, marker, pointer, print, sign, signal, signpost, telltale, tip-off
Weak matches
chapter and verse, guiding light, hot lead, no-no's, the book, the numbers, vade mecum
verb as in direct, lead
Strongest matches
accompany, advise, educate, escort, govern, handle, influence, instruct, manage, maneuver, navigate, oversee, regulate, see, shepherd, steer, supervise, sway, teach, train, usher
Strong matches
attend, beacon, chaperon, command, conduct, contrive, control, convoy, counsel, coxswain, engineer, marshal, pilot, quarterback, route, rule, show, spearhead, superintend
Weak matches
Example Sentences
At some point there's going to be an advanced skull ID guide for the diehards that take it to the next level.
They often work as guides, helping climbers from other countries.
Genes contain the essential building instructions for life, guiding cells on which amino acids to assemble in what sequence to produce specific proteins.
"It's remarkable that these effects were strongest for cochlear implant users, perhaps because shape-based nouns guided their word learning after implants gave them access to hearing."
Specifically, the researchers tested whether their hypothesized mathematical rules were obeyed by the structures in the database, which guided them toward principles that known structures were highly likely to follow.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say guide?
The verb guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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