guide
verb (used with object)
to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person.
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guide
American
[gahyd]
/ gaɪd /
verb (used with object)
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guides,
present (3rd person singular)
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guided,
past participle, past
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guiding
present participle
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to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person.
He guided us through the forest.
- Antonyms:
- follow
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to accompany (a sightseer) to show points of interest and to explain their meaning or significance.
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to force (a person, object, or animal) to move in a certain path.
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to supply (a person) with advice or counsel, as in practical or spiritual affairs.
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to supervise (someone's actions or affairs) in an advisory capacity.
noun
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guides
plural
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a person who guides, especially one hired to guide travelers, tourists, hunters, etc.
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a mark, tab, or the like, to catch the eye and thus provide quick reference.
- Synonyms:
- clue, key, indication, signal, sign
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a guidebook.
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a book, pamphlet, etc., giving information, instructions, or advice; handbook.
an investment guide.
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a guidepost.
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a device that regulates or directs progressive motion or action.
a sewing-machine guide.
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a spirit believed to direct the utterances of a medium.
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Military. a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
guide
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British
/ ɡaɪd /
verb
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to lead the way for (a person)
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to control the movement or course of (an animal, vehicle, etc) by physical action; steer
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to supervise or instruct (a person)
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(tr) to direct the affairs of (a person, company, nation, etc)
he guided the country through the war
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(tr) to advise or influence (a person) in his standards or opinions
let truth guide you always
noun
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a person, animal, or thing that guides
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( as modifier )
a guide dog
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a person, usually paid, who conducts tour expeditions, etc
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a model or criterion, as in moral standards or accuracy
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See guidebook
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a book that instructs or explains the fundamentals of a subject or skill
a guide to better living
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any device that directs the motion of a tool or machine part
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a mark, sign, etc, that points the way
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( in combination )
guidepost
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spiritualism a spirit believed to influence a medium so as to direct what he utters and convey messages through him
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navy a ship in a formation used as a reference for manoeuvres, esp with relation to maintaining the correct formation and disposition
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military a soldier stationed to one side of a column or line to regulate alignment, show the way, etc
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Guide
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British
/ ɡaɪd /
noun
Usage
What are other ways to say guide?
To guide someone is to assist them in traveling through or in reaching a destination by accompanying them or giving them directions. How does guide compare to synonyms conduct, direct, and lead? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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guidernoun
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preguideverb (used with object)
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reguideverb (used with object)
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guidableadjective
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guidelessadjective
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guidingadjective
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nonguidableadjective
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unguidableadjective
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guidinglyadverb
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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guidesimple
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guidessimple
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have guidedperfect
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has guidedperfect
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am guidingprogressive
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are guidingprogressive
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is guidingprogressive
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have been guidingperfect progressive
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has been guidingperfect progressive
Past
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guidedsimple
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had guidedperfect
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was guidingprogressive
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were guidingprogressive
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had been guidingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of guide
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English giden (verb), gide (noun), from Old French gui(d)er (verb), gui(d)e (noun), from Germanic; akin to wit 2 ( def. )
Explanation
A guide is someone who shows you the way. You'd be lucky to have a kind older sibling to act as your guide through middle school, giving you advice and helping you figure out the school and social scenes. A guide often leads tourists through a city, taking them to important sites, or assists a group of mountain climbers. Another kind of guide is a book of helpful instructions about what to see in a particular country, how to get along with your teenager, or the best way to grow orchids. When you guide people, you help them find their way, whether it's through the New York subway system or through the steps of building a campfire.
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But it hasn't stopped her rising rapidly from tour guide, to group tourism and events co-ordinator at the site near Annan.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
It is an immense undertaking, with every guide tailored to the voter’s local election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Donnell, from Zoopla, said the system gave sellers a guide to pricing.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The newly identified relationship between feeding rates and jet formation could provide a valuable guide, helping scientists focus their observations on the black holes most likely to produce detectable outflows.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
I click on the guide button and, sure enough, a bunch of boxes with different television shows inside appear..
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The study was conducted in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The announcement comes more than a century after the Michelin Guide was first published in France and following years of unsuccessful attempts to bring it to Australia.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Ms. Furchtgott-Roth is a distinguished fellow at the Energy Policy Research Foundation and the author of “Women’s Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mathias Clasen, the author of A Very Nervous Person’s Guide to Horror Movies, explains how jumpscares work, and how you can learn to love them—or at least tolerate them.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Ancestors! Ancestors! Guide me to whatever I’m looking for, wherever it may lie!”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
During the procedure, an interventional radiologist inserts a thin catheter into an artery and carefully guides it toward the affected blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The spokesperson advised people to read the force's online safety guides, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
A team monitoring the livestreams guides the hosts and adjusts the featured products they talk about in real-time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Slate’s three decades have seen countless beginner’s guides, staff recommendations, tabulations of game-night commercials, and “Completist” roundups of everything from Pepperidge Farm cookies to Super Bowls.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
Then they rested and slept without fear upon the ground; for their guides would not permit them to unbind their eyes, and they could not climb.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
She added that there is also an insufficient number of schools booking guided tours at the site to cover costs.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
A guided tour of the city’s cuisine reveals a multicultural, ever-changing culinary landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The decision to make the redundancies comes a week after Arteta was handed a new four-year contract, having guided Arsenal to their first Premier League title since 2004 last season.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The company that Warren Buffett guided for years didn’t stick with its tried-and-true investment strategy of purchasing value stocks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
She guided him down one more level and stopped at a set of double doors with a numerical panel at the side.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Scientists in Japan have discovered that tiny steps just one atom high can act like microscopic railroad tracks, guiding the movement of quantum vortices inside an ultrathin superconductor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
These champions of “free thought” landed on boldness and strength as guiding stars.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
We spent the next couple of days based in Ísafjörður, the Westfjords’ de facto capital, where my friend Anula Jochym lives part of the year while guiding multiday wilderness expeditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Lucas Lu walked by the protest, guiding two black-and-white humanoid robots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Over and over, my compass guiding, I measure the land.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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