Thesaurus results for COUNSELED

counseled

verb

variants or counselled

past tense of counsel

as in consulted

to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community

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as in guided

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college

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as in advised

to give advice to perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you

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as in suggested

to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter

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Recent Examples of counseled Prior to his appointment, while serving as DeWine’s lieutenant governor, Husted counseled DeWine on the appointment of the chair of Ohio’s Public Utilities’ Commission, the state’s top utility regulator. —

Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 Kilgore maybe could have linked up with his former college coach, Rick Stockstill, but Stockstill counseled him to try to expand his network. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026 Davis said having baseball games back at Pittman-Sullivan Park and naming one of the baseball fields after Miller would be a fitting legacy for the man who counseled youth to stay on the right path. —

Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2026 Milano’s new lawyer, Craig Raabe, described his client as a model prisoner who found comfort in faith and counseled younger inmates. —

Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026 Sandlund, who has counseled executives in Walden’s position before, suggests her best strategy is to sit tight. —

Claire Zillman, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026 But every uptick in complexity is another invitation for something not to happen; don’t let, as Voltaire once counseled, the perfect be the enemy of the good. —

Tom Vanderbilt, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025 The trial is expected to last at least another week and perhaps a little more, although Judge Bell has counseled both sides to speed things up. —

Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Dec. 2025 The company said that Raine worked to circumvent ChatGPT’s safety guardrails, and that the AI model had counseled him more than a hundred times to seek help from family, mental health professionals, or other crisis resources. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025

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And in February, Venezuela's Communications Ministry posted an edited video online that showed drone footage of the building and said work on El Helicoide had begun after nearby residents were consulted.

— Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
The Journal Sentinel also consulted with officials from school districts, state agencies, youth justice courts, corrections agencies, law enforcement teams, violence prevention groups and de-radicalization organizations.

— Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026