Synonyms of advising

advising

verb

present participle of advise

1

as in warning

to give advice to

a popular guidance counselor who has been advising students about their college plans for two decades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• teaching
• informing
• admonishing
• telling
• convincing
• encouraging
• counseling
• coaching
• urging
• guiding
• cautioning
• alerting
• persuading
• adjuring
• instructing
• mentoring
• briefing
• recommending
• shepherding
• forewarning
• leading
• exhorting
• tutoring
• imploring
• begging
• suggesting
• steering
• directing
• proposing
• familiarizing
• showing
• inducing
• talking (into)
• filling in
• apprising
• acquainting
• piloting
• prevailing (upon)
• clueing (in)
• wising (up)

2

as in suggesting

to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action

she advised calling ahead for a reservation at the new restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suggesting
• recommending
• urging
• advocating
• counseling
• proposing
• supporting
• offering
• backing
• exhorting
• favoring
• championing
• submitting
• espousing
• advancing

3

as in consulting

to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem

the doctor advised with his partner before recommending the patient's treatment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consulting
• discussing
• conferring
• talking
• treating
• counseling
• arguing
• parleying
• confabulating
• debating
• deliberating
• confabbing
• recommending
• guiding
• ventilating
• suggesting
• talking over
• disputing
• coaching
• rehashing
• tutoring
• hashing (over)
• batting (around)
• bandying
• mooting
• chewing over
• referring (to)
• palavering
• directing
• kicking around

4

as in informing

to give information to

advised her as to the best way to get to the art museum by public transportation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informing
• telling
• instructing
• briefing
• teaching
• educating
• apprising
• notifying
• acquainting
• familiarizing
• alerting
• enlightening
• clearing
• filling in
• catching up
• versing
• lecturing
• letting someone know
• assuring
• hipping
• reassuring
• keeping (someone) posted
• convincing
• advertising
• clueing (in)
• wising (up)
• announcing (to)
• disclosing (to)
• certifying
• tutoring
• warranting
• schooling
• disabusing
• disillusioning
• disenchanting
• undeceiving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misleading
• misinforming

5

as in alerting

to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk

advised us not to invest our money in what looked like a pyramid scheme

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• alerting
• cautioning
• informing
• forewarning
• waking
• predicting
• notifying
• forecasting
• admonishing
• apprising
• prophesying
• foretelling
• presaging
• prognosticating
• tipping (off)
• auguring
• harbingering
• foreshadowing
• portending
• foreboding
• boding
• foretokening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risking
• imperiling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of advising

René Rossman René Rossman is a product development manager advising across all color categories at MAC Cosmetics. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

In early September, the Department of Health and Human Services hosted a three-hour event advising parents and children to live life off-screen. — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Authorities sent emergency text messages advising shopkeepers to close due to rioting. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Organizers are helping attendees prepare by advising them to bring extra layers, shoes that can handle mud, tarps and extra tent stakes. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

Arton Capital is one of the firms advising Argentina’s government on the new program. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

The surge in profits has been driven by robust trading in stocks, bonds and currencies, fees from supervising and advising clients’ investments, underwriting initial public offerings and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Forge has brought in Head of Gaming & Interactive Experiences Léonidas Vesperini and former Lionsgate SVP Marc Lorber is advising the company, which launched over the summer. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

LionTree is an independent banking firm, investing in companies such as Fanatics and Fubo and advising high-profile deals such as Amazon’s acquisition of MGM and the merger of CBS and Viacom. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026