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

Of the non-interest revenues, Canadian banks also made money from underwriting and advising deals from large businesses and wealth management fees, both of which are highly profitable if the stock market is performing well overall. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 9 July 2026

By late May, Vice was advising readers where to find hacky sacks because stores had been wiped out. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

But in my experience advising founders and living through entrepreneurial transitions myself, the sale of a company is not an ending so much as the beginning of a profoundly disorienting new chapter. — Robert Balentine, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

As part of the Middle Snake Watershed Advisory Group, the Idaho Conservation League is advising the state Department of Environmental Quality to revise limits on phosphorus pollution in the middle portion of the Snake River. — Hannah Smith updated July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

Chan has also consulted for a number of fashion brands, advising them on media and marketing strategy. — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

Volatility versus the stock’s weighting in the index Amid so many contrary forces, analysts and investors are anticipating a high degree of volatility and advising caution as hedging activity around the stock simmers. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 July 2026

The Climate Change Committee, an independent official group advising Britain's government, said in a May report that by 2050, at around 2 C of global warming, heat waves could regularly exceed 40 C (104 F) in southern England. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

Officials are advising anyone who experienced a water outage or low water pressure in the affected area to boil tap water before using it for drinking, cooking, preparing baby food or brushing their teeth. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 1 July 2026