GUIDED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

guided

verb

past tense of guide

as in led

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed the pastry chef guided her through the creation of the wedding cake, showing her how to ice the layers, fashion the elaborate decorations, and assemble the whole shebang

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as in supervised

to look after and make decisions about thought the new superintendent would guide the school system well

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as in steered

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front would be happy to guide you folks to the historic part of town

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Recent Examples of guided The family won a retrial based on negative film stored within evidence files that their lawyer argued shows that police may have guided Sakahara to the location of the body. —

Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 13 June 2026 Long before the area had guided sea cave tours and ice cream shops, the Ojibwe people lived throughout this region, fishing the deep waters and gathering wild rice around the adjacent Chequamegon Bay. —

Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026 In that setting, every user will be screened for cardiac issues and a family history of psychosis, and guided through their trip by two professional facilitators who have a doctor on call—and even then, some users experience a psychotic break or profound dissociative episodes. —

Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 Alphabet, having priced that sterling century bond as part of a roughly $20 billion borrowing run across several currencies, has guided that its own capital spending could reach $175 billion to $185 billion this year alone. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Visitors enjoy harvest celebrations, farm-to-table dinners, live music gatherings, sauna sessions by the water, and guided orchard and greenhouse tours, said Erica Frank, sales, marketing and hospitality manager. —

Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 10 June 2026 Navan — Shares jumped 18% after the travel management platform guided for second-quarter and full-year revenue that came in above FactSet's forecasts. —

Lisa Kailai Han,justina Lee, CNBC, 10 June 2026 And in 2020, Hardison guided employees to address the needs of families who faced unemployment and homelessness when no coordinated response existed. —

Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026 Beneath an old wood ceiling is a fireplace and, just beyond, a replica of the lantern that guided Paul Revere when alerting the revolutionary militia that the British were arriving. —

Jayson Buford, Robb Report, 4 June 2026

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Can the country’s football team, now led by the veteran manager Carlos Queiroz, bring some success along with all that?

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 June 2026
That licking instinct may have led Jacobs’s elk to an area known as Flag Swamp, a one-acre wetland filled with blue flag irises and shrubby willow trees.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026