Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb guide

5 senses of guide

Sense 1
steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
       => control, command -- (exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces")

Sense 2
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide -- (take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace")

Sense 3
guide, steer -- (be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses")
       => direct -- (be in charge of)

Sense 4
guide, guide on -- (use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on")
       => orient, orientate -- (determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest")

Sense 5
guide, run, draw, pass -- (pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers")

Antonyms of adj guided

1 sense of guided

Sense 1
guided (vs. unguided) -- (subject to guidance or control especially after launching; "a guided missile")

unguided (vs. guided) -- (not subject to guidance or control after launching; "unguided missiles")

Similarity of adj guided

1 sense of guided

Sense 1
guided (vs. unguided) -- (subject to guidance or control especially after launching; "a guided missile")
       => radio-controlled -- (operated and guided by radio; "a radio-controlled airplane")
       => target-hunting -- (guided automatically toward the target)

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