What are some opposite words for guide?

Antonyms for guide
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. guide

    Antonyms:
    mislead, misconduct, misdirect, mismanage, misregulate, misguide, miseducate, betray, deceive

    Synonyms:
    lead, direct, conduct, pilot, regulate, superintend, influence, train, manage

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. usher, guidenoun

    someone employed to conduct others

    Synonyms:
    pathfinder, templet, doorkeeper, template, usher, scout, guidebook

  2. guidenoun

    someone who shows the way by leading or advising

    Synonyms:
    template, pathfinder, guidebook, usher, scout, templet

  3. guidebook, guidenoun

    something that offers basic information or instruction

    Synonyms:
    template, pathfinder, guidebook, usher, scout, templet

  4. template, templet, guidenoun

    a model or standard for making comparisons

    Synonyms:
    templet, pathfinder, guidebook, usher, scout, template

  5. scout, pathfinder, guidenoun

    someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

    Synonyms:
    spotter, pathfinder, lookout man, lookout, scout, usher, watch, picket, template, talent scout, sentinel, sentry, guidebook, templet

  6. guideverb

    a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something

    Synonyms:
    template, pathfinder, guidebook, usher, scout, templet

  7. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channeliseverb

    direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Synonyms:
    channelize, operate, transfer, taper, repoint, place, pass, show, head, target, lead, sharpen, maneuver, take, indicate, signal, point, betoken, aim, channelise, take aim, train, steer, channel, manoeuver, transport, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, engineer, organize, charge, organise, luff, calculate, head up, conduct, draw, bespeak, guide on, run, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, designate, transmit

  8. lead, take, direct, conduct, guideverb

    take somebody somewhere

    "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

    Synonyms:
    require, chair, read, occupy, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, run, organise, lead, top, mastermind, take on, carry, deal, assume, engineer, have, hold, choose, learn, fill, transmit, necessitate, impart, consume, go, drive, hire, result, place, consider, need, study, behave, pick out, steer, guide on, send, channel, draw, contract, adopt, calculate, film, remove, demand, acquit, orchestrate, conduce, lease, contribute, take aim, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, comport, make, claim, channelize, point, manoeuvre, head, get, channelise, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, take in, bring, submit, convey, deport, shoot, aim, direct, charter, precede, extend, contain, address, bear, carry on, target, subscribe, involve, acquire, manoeuver, look at, postulate, organize, accept, moderate, admit, pass, ingest, leave, ask, maneuver, conduct

  9. guide, steerverb

    be a guiding or motivating force or drive

    "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"

    Synonyms:
    lead, manoeuver, maneuver, channelise, head, draw, direct, guide on, channelize, run, take, pass, conduct, steer, point, manoeuvre

  10. guide, guide onverb

    use as a guide

    "They had the lights to guide on"

    Synonyms:
    lead, manoeuver, maneuver, channelise, head, draw, direct, guide on, channelize, run, take, pass, conduct, steer, point, manoeuvre

  11. guide, run, draw, passverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    describe, pass along, break away, elapse, head, hunt, run, endure, lead, go past, tend, put across, puff, carry, draw, operate, hand, take to the woods, occur, function, turn tail, withdraw, suck, cast, clear, top, go by, snuff it, excrete, reach, go, bunk, spend, pull, draw and quarter, slide by, make it, reap, draw in, evanesce, turn over, escape, happen, ply, flow, track down, prevail, exit, authorise, execute, die hard, steer, incline, pull back, disembowel, guide on, drop dead, egest, conk, go on, lam, scarper, return, campaign, pop off, fleet, melt down, fall out, make pass, pass away, ladder, authorize, absorb, point, cash in one's chips, head for the hills, take out, surpass, manoeuvre, take up, give, scat, delineate, hap, slip by, pull in, hunt down, take, quarter, eliminate, croak, lapse, slip away, run for, lean, pass off, make, channelize, give-up the ghost, range, transcend, pull out, blow over, get, channelise, be given, thread, overhaul, soak up, drag, bleed, manoeuver, take in, persist, attract, communicate, force, come about, move, choke, trace, course, imbibe, direct, overstep, overtake, tie, consort, glide by, unravel, expire, sop up, devolve, extend, hightail it, eviscerate, draw off, fly the coop, decease, perish, die, play, fall, pass, pass by, legislate, melt, run away, line, fade, black market, travel by, buy the farm, take place, suck up, feed, go through, go across, go along, string, race, depict, exceed, get out, kick the bucket, work, sink, maneuver, conduct, pass on

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  1. guidenoun

    Synonyms:
    conductor, pilot, director, cicerone, polestar, rudder, regulator, mentor, monitor, counsellor, key, clew

  2. guideverb

    Synonyms:
    pilot, steer, direct, govern, conduct

How to use guide in a sentence?

  1. Radoslav Soth:

    The firsthand advice or tips from locals on parties, bars, and other events are much more valuable than any printed or online gay tourist guide one can find.

  2. Nathan M. Pusey:

    We live in a time of such rapid change and growth of knowledge that only he who is in a fundamental sense a scholar-that is, a person who continues to learn and inquire-can hope to keep pace, let alone play the role of guide.

  3. L. Thomas Holdcroft:

    The past is a guide post, not a hitching post.

  4. Mohsin Ali Shaukat:

    It is our duty to guide the future of our nation now, don't just say that they are directionless, characterless or any other less people, add your part in this matter, be the character & direction you want to see in them, be the big shining sun for them that they could shine like a star in your light.”

  5. Maria Meyers:

    I'm there to just whisper in her ear,' It's on your left, it's on your right' to guide her and take care of her, i don't have anything to do with the pool, that's all her and the coaches, but they really have to have staff that knows how to orient and take care of these kids.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#342guide
#15297misconduct
#30329deceive
#34065mislead
#37100betray
#145312misguide
#232391misdirect
#309165mismanage

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