Synonyms of counseling

counseling 1 of 3

noun

variants or counselling

as in reassurance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reassurance
• comforting
• consolation
• solace
• consoling
• compassion
• sympathy
• solacing
• condolence
• commiseration
• feeling
• mercy
• humanity
• kindness
• pity
• kindliness
• kindheartedness

counseling

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adjective

variants or counselling

as in consulting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consulting
• advisory
• consultative
• recommendatory
• assisting
• hortative
• warning
• cautionary
• admonitory
• admonishing
• monitory
• premonitory
• exemplary
• aiding
• helping
• didactic
• cautioning
• moralistic
• moralizing

counseling

3 of 3

verb

variants or counselling

present participle of counsel

1

as in talking

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in coaching

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coaching
• mentoring
• tutoring
• teaching
• shepherding
• informing
• guiding
• walking through
• piloting
• leading
• showing
• engineering
• escorting
• training
• steering
• attending
• supervising
• accompanying
• schooling
• briefing
• chaperoning
• drilling
• godfathering
• convoying
• enlightening
• directing
• swaying
• overseeing
• superintending
• instructing
• fostering
• nurturing
• inculcating
• indoctrinating
• seeing
• squiring
• cultivating

3

as in advising

to give advice to

perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

4

as in suggesting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of counseling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Neither she nor her husband are provided with grief counseling for this tremendous — and preventable — loss. —Jourdain Searles, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024

Safe Haven provides free confidential counseling to mothers at their hotline: 1-866-99BABY1. —Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2024

The money would fund homelessness programs, including mental healthcare, substance abuse treatment, affordable housing, rental subsidies, job counseling and services for vulnerable populations including homeless families, veterans, abused women, seniors and disabled persons. —Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024

Even the idea behind the truth serum came straight out of the showrunner’s couples counseling sessions. —Meredith Woerner, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024