guidebook

noun

guide·​book ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k 

plural guidebooks

: a book that gives useful information about a particular subject : handbook

I had been hired to write a cultural study, "how to" guidebook on being a Canadian …

—Will Ferguson

especially : a book of information for travelers

Most cities have some sort of restaurant guidebook that often proves helpful.

—Jinx and Jefferson Morgan

Examples of guidebook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Later, she is assigned to collaborate on a guidebook and write a term paper. —Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Indeed, the museum’s new guidebook is titled Wander. —John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026

The challenge, according to a thirteenth-century preaching guidebook from Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College, is to make all this curiosity, interest and ambition into the ingredients of a more open and ethical social life. —Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

What genuinely gets better Women who travel solo after 40 often find that age brings a set of advantages no guidebook can teach. —Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for guidebook

• kinderhook
• meadowbrook
• overlook
• overtook
• pocketbook
• storybook
• tillamook
• undertook
• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook

Kids Definition

guidebook

noun

guide·​book ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k 

: a book of information for travelers