GUIDE
Noun
guide (plural guides)
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. synonym ▲quotations ▼Synonym: guider
The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
- A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium. quotations ▼
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
Derived terms
- audio guide
- buying guide
- career guide
- court guide
- dog guide
- field guide
- Girl Guide
- guidance
- guide board
- guidebook
- guide book
- Guide Bridge
- guide dog
- guideline
- guide on the side
- guidepost
- guide rail
- guide rope
- guide star
- guide word
- hand guide
- honey guide
- hornguide, horn guide
- I need a guide
- mountain guide
- program guide
- shopping guide
- study guide
- style guide
- tour guide
- tourist guide
- travel guide
- TV guide
- usage guide
- user guide
- user's guide
- whale's guide