'Guidance' definitions:
Definition of 'guidance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction]
noun
The act of guiding or showing the way [syn: guidance, steering]
noun
Definition of 'Guidance'
From: GCIDE
- Guidance \Guid"ance\, n. [See Guide.] The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading. [1913 Webster]
- His studies were without guidance and without plan. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'guidance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abetment,
- administration,
- admonition,
- advice,
- advisement,
- advising,
- advocacy,
- aegis,
- auspices,
- authority,
- backing,
- briefing,
- care,
- catechization,
- caution,
- caveat,
- championship,
- charge,
- charity,
- coaching,
- command,
- conduct,
- consultation,
- control,
- council,
- counsel,
- countenance,
- cure,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- didactics,
- direction,
- edification,
- education,
- encouragement,
- enlightenment,
- exhortation,
- expostulation,
- favor,
- fosterage,
- goodwill,
- governance,
- government,
- guardianship,
- handling,
- hands,
- hortation,
- husbandry,
- idea,
- illumination,
- information,
- instruction,
- interest,
- jurisdiction,
- keeping,
- lead,
- leadership,
- leading,
- management,
- managery,
- managing,
- manipulation,
- ministry,
- monition,
- opinion,
- ordering,
- oversight,
- parley,
- pastorage,
- pastorate,
- pastorship,
- patronage,
- pedagogics,
- pedagogy,
- pilotage,
- private teaching,
- programmed instruction,
- proposal,
- protectorship,
- recommendation,
- reeducation,
- regulation,
- remonstrance,
- rule,
- running,
- safe hands,
- schooling,
- seconding,
- self-instruction,
- self-teaching,
- sponsorship,
- spoon-feeding,
- steerage,
- steering,
- stewardship,
- suggestion,
- sympathy,
- teaching,
- the conn,
- the helm,
- the wheel,
- thought,
- tuition,
- tutelage,
- tutorage,
- tutoring,
- tutorship,
- ward,
- wardenship,
- wardship,
- warning,
- watch and ward,
- wing