He acted as a guide while I was staying in Kyoto.
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Guide
//ɡaɪd//
Synonyms for "guide" (461 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (93)
guidebookleadscoutsteerusherabecedarianaccompanyadmonisheradviseadviseradvisoradvocateair holeallegoristancestorancestral spiritsangelannotatorannouncerantecedent
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apparitionappearancearmholearrowastralastral spiritattendattendant godlingautomatic pilotavant gardeavant-gardebackseat driverbaedekerbansheebe the bellwetherbeaconbell cowbellwetherblazeblaze the trailblowholeboatheaderboatsteererbreak the trailbriefbroaden the mindbuccinatorbullet-holebungholebushwhackerbuttinskycall the shotscatechizecertified teacherchannelchaperonchart a coursechuteciceronecivilizeclarifiercoachcommentatorcompanioncompass needlecompendiumcondconductconductorconferconfidantconnconsult withconsultantcontrivecontrolconvoycounselcounselorcouriercowherdcoxswaincringlecriterioncriticcryptanalystcryptographercryptologistdaemondeadeye
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (138)
deandecidedecoderdefinerdemondemonstratedemonstratordemythologizerdeparted spiritdeterminediaskeuastdictatedirectdirectiondirection postdirectordisciplinedisembodied spiritdisposedocent
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doctordominiedondoyendragomandrivedroverduppydutch uncledybbukeaseeaves troughedifyeditoreducateeducationisteducatoreidolonemendatoremenderenchiridionengineerenlightenequipmentescortesquireeuhemeristexampleexegesistexegeteexegetistexemplarexpertexplainerexplicatorexplorerexponentexpositorexpoundereyeeyeletfairy godmotherfamiliarfamiliar spiritfellowfinger postfistforebearforebearsforegoerforerunforerunnerformfront runnerfrontiersmanfuglemangasketgaugegeniusgenius domusgenius lociget ahead ofget beforeghostgive instructiongive lessons ingo beforego betweengo-betweengoatherdgood angelgood geniusgoverngrateful deadgrommetgroundgroundbreakerguardguardianguardian angelguardian spiritguideboardguidepostguiderguiding lightguruguttergyropilothandhandbookhandlehantharbingerhaunthave the connhave the startheadhead the linehelmhelmsmanheraldherdherdsmanhermeneuthold the reinshour handhousehold godsidealidolumillumineimmaterialityincorporeal
Related words (230)
incorporeal beingincorporeityindexindex fingerinfluenceinforminnovatorinspirationinstructinstructorinterpreterintroduceinvisible helperkeykeyholekibitzkibitzerknotholelandmarklap
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lares and penateslares compitaleslares familiarislares permarinilares praestiteslares vialeslarvalead runnerlead the dancelead the wayleaderlemureslessonlexicographerlightlight the waylimitlodestarlooploopholelubber linemaestromanagemanesmaneuvermanholemanualmarkmarkermarshalmasanmastermaterializationmeddlemeddlermelamedmentormercurymessengermetaphrastmilepostministering angelminute handmodelmonitormottomouldmouseholemullahnavigatenavigatorneedlenestornumenoneirocriticoniopen the eyesoperateorderorienteroutstripoverseepacepanditparaphrastpathfinderpatternpedagogistpedagoguepeepholepenatespenstockpentroughphantasmphantasmaphantompigeonholepilotpinholepioneerplacketplacket holepointpointerpoloniuspoltergeistportholeprecedeprecedentpreceptpreceptistpreceptorprecursorpredecessorprescribepresenceprincipleprinting equipmentprofessorprogenitorproposepunch-holepunditrabbirecommendreeducateregulaterevenantriver pilotrouterulerunscholiastschoolschoolkeeperschoolmasterschoolteacherseeset rightset the paceshadeshadowshapeshape a coursesharpen the witsshepherdshootshowshow howshow the wayshrouded spiritsignsignalsignboardsignpostspearheadspecial providencespecterspectral ghostspiraclespiritspookspritesquirestand firststandardstaretssteerersteersmanstormy petrelsubmitsuggestsuperintendsuperviseswaytake outtake the helmtake the leadtapteachteach a lessonteach the rudimentsteachertemplatetextual critictheophanytotemtour directortour guidetrailblazertrailbreakertraintranslatortroughtutelar godtutelarytutorunsubstantialityusher invade mecumvanguardvaunt-courierventventholevisionvoortrekkerwait onwalking dead manwandering soulwarnwear the pantswraithzombie
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More general
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Synonyms
6 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
7 entriesderived
81 entriesShowing 16 of 81 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
similar
5 entriesTranslations
347 translations across 81 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἀγωγός noun (someone who guides)
- ὁδηγός noun (someone who guides)
- ἡγέομαι verb (to serve as a guide person)
Arabic
4 entries- دليل noun (someone who guides)
- دَلِيل noun (document, book)
- مُرْشِد noun (someone who guides)
- مُرْشِد سِيَاحِيّ noun (someone who guides)
Armenian
4 entries- գիդ noun (someone who guides)
- զբոսավար noun (someone who guides)
- ձեռնարկ noun (document, book)
- ուղեկցորդ noun (someone who guides)
Asturian
3 entries- guía noun (someone who guides)
- guía noun (document, book)
- guiar verb (to serve as a guide person)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- bələdçi noun (someone who guides)
- salıqçı noun (someone who guides)
Basque
2 entries- gida noun (someone who guides)
- gida noun (document, book)
Belarusian
4 entries- арыенты́р noun (any marking or object that provides quick reference)
- арыенці́р noun (any marking or object that provides quick reference)
- гід noun (someone who guides)
- даве́днік noun (document, book)
Bengali
1 entries- মুর্শিদ noun (someone who guides)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вода́ч noun (someone who guides)
- вода́ч noun (device)
- гид noun (someone who guides)
- гид noun (document, book)
Burmese
2 entries- လမ်းပြ noun (someone who guides)
- လမ်းပြ verb (to serve as a guide person)
Catalan
4 entries- guia noun (someone who guides)
- guia noun (document, book)
- guiar verb (to serve as a guide person)
- menar verb (to serve as a guide person)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 貴德 /贵德 name (county)
- 導遊 /导游 or 導游 /导游 noun (someone who guides)
- 指南 noun (document, book)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 貴德 /贵德 name (county)
- 導遊 /导游 or 導游 /导游 noun (someone who guides)
- 指南 noun (document, book)
- 導游 /导游 verb (to serve as a guide person)
Cimbrian
1 entries- büuran verb (to serve as a guide person)
Czech
4 entries- průvodce noun (someone who guides)
- průvodce noun (document, book)
- průvodkyně noun (someone who guides)
- příručka noun (document, book)
Danish
4 entries- guide noun (someone who guides)
- guide noun (document, book)
- vejledning noun (document, book)
- vejviser noun (sign)
Dutch
3 entries- gids noun (someone who guides)
- gids noun (document, book)
- gidsen verb (to serve as a guide person)
Esperanto
4 entries- gvidanto noun (someone who guides)
- gvidisto noun (someone who guides)
- gvidi verb (to serve as a guide person)
- gvidi verb (to supervise education)
Estonian
4 entries- giid noun (someone who guides)
- reisijuht noun (someone who guides)
- juhatama verb (to serve as a guide person)
- suunama verb (to serve as a guide person)
Faroese
1 entries- ferðaleiðari noun (someone who guides)
Finnish
4 entries- johdatin noun (device)
- johde noun (device)
- merkintä noun (any marking or object that provides quick reference)
- merkki noun (any marking or object that provides quick reference)
French
3 entries- guide noun (someone who guides)
- guide noun (document, book)
- guider verb (to serve as a guide person)
Galician
4 entries- guía noun (someone who guides)
- guía noun (document, book)
- guiar verb (to serve as a guide person)
- guiar verb (to steer or navigate a ship)
Georgian
3 entries- გიდი noun (someone who guides)
- მეგზური noun (someone who guides)
- წინამძღოლი noun (someone who guides)
German
4 entries- Anleitung noun (document, book)
- Fremdenführer noun (someone who guides)
- Fremdenführerin noun (someone who guides)
- Führer noun (document, book)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (to exert control or influence)
Greek
3 entries- εγχειρίδιο noun (document, book)
- ξεναγός noun (someone who guides)
- οδηγώ verb (to serve as a guide person)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- gid noun (someone who guides)
- gide verb (to serve as a guide person)
Hebrew
2 entries- מדריך noun (someone who guides)
- מורה דרך noun (someone who guides)
Hindi
3 entries- मार्गदर्शक noun (someone who guides)
- रहनुमा noun (someone who guides)
- मार्गदर्शक verb (to serve as a guide person)
Hungarian
4 entries- idegenvezető noun (someone who guides)
- kalauz noun (someone who guides)
- kézikönyv noun (document, book)
- szakkönyv noun (document, book)
Icelandic
3 entries- leiðsögumaður noun (someone who guides)
- leiðsögurit noun (document, book)
- leiðsegja verb (to serve as a guide person)
Ido
2 entries- guidar verb (to serve as a guide person)
- guidar verb (to supervise education)
Indonesian
4 entries- panduan noun (document, book)
- pedoman noun (document, book)
- pemandu noun (someone who guides)
- kendali verb (to exert control or influence)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- راهْنَما noun (someone who guides)
- راهْنَما noun (document, book)
- رَهْبَر noun (someone who guides)
- کِتابِ راهْنَما noun (document, book)
Irish
3 entries- treoir noun (document, book)
- treoraí noun (someone who guides)
- treoraigh verb (to serve as a guide person)
Italian
3 entries- guida noun (someone who guides)
- guida noun (document, book)
- guidare verb (to serve as a guide person)
Japanese
4 entries- ガイド noun (document, book)
- ガイドブック noun (document, book)
- ツアーガイド noun (someone who guides)
- 引率者 noun (someone who guides)
Kazakh
1 entries- бағыттау verb (to steer or navigate a ship)
Korean
4 entries- 가이드 noun (someone who guides)
- 가이드 noun (document, book)
- 관광 가이드 noun (someone who guides)
- 길잡이 noun (someone who guides)
Latin
2 entries- dux noun (someone who guides)
- dērigō verb (to serve as a guide person)
Latvian
4 entries- ceļvedis noun (document, book)
- gids noun (someone who guides)
- pavadonis noun (someone who guides)
- rokasgrāmata noun (document, book)
Lithuanian
4 entries- gidas noun (someone who guides)
- vadovas noun (someone who guides)
- vadovas noun (document, book)
- vedlys noun (someone who guides)
Macedonian
4 entries- во́дилка noun (device)
- во́дич noun (document, book)
- водич noun (someone who guides)
- патоказ noun (sign)
Malayalam
1 entries- വഴികാട്ടി noun (someone who guides)
Maltese
4 entries- gwida noun (someone who guides)
- ktieb gwida noun (document, book)
- tabella noun (sign)
- tigwida verb (to serve as a guide person)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- gid noun (someone who guides)
Mongolian
1 entries- газарч noun (someone who guides)
Māori
4 entries- here noun (someone who guides)
- kaiārahi noun (someone who guides)
- matua noun (device)
- paparangi noun (device)
Norman
1 entries- dgide noun (someone who guides)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rêzan noun (someone who guides)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- guide noun (someone who guides)
- guide noun (document, book)
- guide verb (to serve as a guide person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- guide noun (someone who guides)
- guide noun (document, book)
- guida verb (to serve as a guide person)
- guide verb (to serve as a guide person)
Occitan
1 entries- guidar verb (to serve as a guide person)
Old English
2 entries- lādtēow noun (someone who guides)
- wīsian verb (to serve as a guide person)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- بدرقه noun (someone who guides)
- رهبر noun (someone who guides)
- قلاووز noun (someone who guides)
- گوتورمك verb (to serve as a guide person)
Polish
4 entries- drogowskaz noun (sign)
- instrukcja noun (document, book)
- poradnik noun (document, book)
- przewodniczka noun (someone who guides)
Portuguese
4 entries- guia noun (someone who guides)
- guia noun (document, book)
- indicação noun (sign)
- guiar verb (to serve as a guide person)
Romanian
2 entries- ghid noun (someone who guides)
- ghid noun (document, book)
Russian
4 entries- гайд noun (document, book)
- гид noun (someone who guides)
- знак noun (sign)
- направля́ющая noun (device)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नयति verb (to serve as a guide person)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- iùl noun (sign)
- iùl noun (any marking or object that provides quick reference)
- iùl noun (device)
- leabhar-iùil noun (document, book)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- upùtstvo noun (document, book)
- vòdīč noun (someone who guides)
- vòdīč noun (document, book)
- во̀дӣч noun (someone who guides)
Slovak
4 entries- prievodca noun (document, book)
- príručka noun (document, book)
- sprievodca noun (someone who guides)
- sprievodkyňa noun (someone who guides)
Slovene
4 entries- smerokaz noun (sign)
- vodič noun (someone who guides)
- vodič noun (document, book)
- vodnik noun (someone who guides)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јол баштаачы noun (someone who guides)
Spanish
4 entries- guía noun (someone who guides)
- guía noun (document, book)
- guiar verb (to serve as a guide person)
- guiar verb (to supervise education)
Swahili
2 entries- kiongozi noun (someone who guides)
- mwongozo noun (document, book)
Swedish
4 entries- guide noun (someone who guides)
- guide noun (document, book)
- guidebok noun (document, book)
- guida verb (to serve as a guide person)
Tagalog
3 entries- gabay noun (someone who guides)
- gabay noun (document, book)
- patnubay noun (someone who guides)
Tajik
1 entries- роҳнамо noun (someone who guides)
Tatar
4 entries- билге noun (sign)
- йөртүче noun (someone who guides)
- озата баручы noun (someone who guides)
- ориентир noun (any marking or object that provides quick reference)
Thai
2 entries- คู่มือการเดินทาง noun (document, book)
- มัคคุเทศก์ noun (someone who guides)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ṣarpṣūkiññe noun (someone who guides)
Turkish
2 entries- rehber noun (someone who guides)
- rehber noun (document, book)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гід noun (someone who guides)
- екскурсово́д noun (someone who guides)
- знак noun (sign)
- керівни́цтво noun (document, book)
Urdu
3 entries- رَہْبَر noun (someone who guides)
- رَہْنُما noun (someone who guides)
- رَہْنُما noun (document, book)
Venetan
1 entries- menar verb (to serve as a guide person)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hướng dẫn viên noun (someone who guides)
- sách hướng dẫn noun (document, book)
Volapük
4 entries- geidan noun (someone who guides)
- geidian noun (document, book)
- higeidan noun (someone who guides)
- jigeidan noun (someone who guides)
Záparo
1 entries- akamínu noun (someone who guides)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Is there a tour guide available?
Source: tatoeba (20930)
Our guide misinformed us about the location of the hotel.
Source: tatoeba (28395)
Refer to the Users' Guide if you have any problems.
Source: tatoeba (30841)
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