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 guiding

2 senses of guiding

Sense 1
guiding -- (exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle")

INDIRECT (VIA leading) -> following -- (going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps")

Sense 2
directing, directional, directive, guiding -- (showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress")

INDIRECT (VIA leading) -> following -- (going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps")

Similarity of adj guiding

2 senses of guiding

Sense 1
guiding -- (exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle")
       => leading (vs. following) -- (going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology")

Sense 2
directing, directional, directive, guiding -- (showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress")
       => leading (vs. following) -- (going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology")