guidebook

American  

[gahyd-book] / ˈgaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.

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guidebook British  

/ ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

1. Also called: guide.  a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign country

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Other Word Forms

• guidebookish
  adjective
• guidebooky
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of guidebook

First recorded in 1805–15; guide + book

Example Sentences

The story offers such a complete checklist of the author’s usual motifs and themes that it could serve as the Guidebook to Anne Tyler in the Wild.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

But no one has grander thoughts at the Fleas than its owner and chef, one M. Amite, whose imagination has been fired by receiving a star from the Michelin Guidebook.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2019

Winter found a kindred spirit in David Gebhard, an architectural historian at UC Santa Barbara, and together they wrote the first edition of “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” which was published in 1965.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2019

Today we’re starting the next stage of tech reviews at The Verge, and we’re calling it Verge Guidebook.

From The Verge • Jul. 24, 2017

Guidebook for teachers for The New Round about.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Related Words

• manual
• map
• reference book