'guideline' definitions:
Definition of 'guideline'
(from WordNet)
noun
A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters
noun
A detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" [syn: road map, guideline]
noun
A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior [syn: guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb]
Definition of 'guideline'
From: GCIDE
- guideline \guideline\ n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier. a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; -- used as a direction to administrators from superiors.
- Syn: guidelines. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'guideline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- approach,
- arrangement,
- attack,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- calculation,
- canon,
- charting,
- code,
- commandment,
- conception,
- contrivance,
- convention,
- criterion,
- design,
- device,
- dictum,
- disposition,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- figuring,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- game,
- general principle,
- golden rule,
- graphing,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- guiding principle,
- idea,
- imperative,
- intention,
- law,
- law of nature,
- layout,
- lineup,
- long-range plan,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- maxim,
- method,
- methodology,
- mitzvah,
- moral,
- norm,
- norma,
- operations research,
- order of nature,
- ordinance,
- organization,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- prearrangement,
- prescribed form,
- prescription,
- principium,
- principle,
- procedure,
- Procrustean law,
- program,
- program of action,
- rationalization,
- regulation,
- rubric,
- rule,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- set form,
- settled principle,
- setup,
- standard,
- standing order,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- system,
- systematization,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- tenet,
- the big picture,
- the picture,
- universal law,
- way,
- working plan,
- working principle,
- working rule