- leadership, instruction, or direction
- counselling or advice on educational, vocational, or psychological matters
- (as modifier): guidance counsellor
- something that guides
- any process by which the flight path of a missile is controlled in flight
See also guided missile
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
guid•ance /ˈgaɪdəns/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the act or function of guiding;
leadership;
direction. - advice or counseling, esp. for students on educational or work-related matters.
- something that guides, as a system by which the flight of a missile may be changed by remote control.
guid•ance
(gīd′ns),USA pronunciation n.
- the act or function of guiding;
leadership;
direction. - advice or counseling, esp. that provided for students choosing a course of study or preparing for a vocation.
- supervised care or assistance, esp. therapeutic help in the treatment of minor emotional disturbances.
- something that guides.
- Rocketrythe process by which the flight of a missile or rocket may be altered in speed and direction in response to controls situated either wholly in the projectile or partly at a base.
- guide + -ance 1765–75
- 1. . management, conduct, supervision, control, government.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
guidance /ˈɡaɪdəns/ n
'guidance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adviser
- auspice
- citation
- counsel
- counselling
- Daniel
- direct
- direction
- escort
- guided missile
- guru
- Highway Code
- inertial guidance
- instructions
- invocation
- leading reins
- marriage guidance
- NICE
- pastor
- PG
- planchette
- proverb
- providence
- regime
- regimen
- rehabilitate
- seminar
- steer
- torch
- tutelage
- vane
- vocational guidance
- advice
- air-launched cruise missile
- astro-inertial guidance
- augur
- big brother
- big sister
- blind
- blunder
- brain
- celestial guidance
- center
- child guidance
- class
- command guidance
- conduct
- consult
- counseling
- cynosure