guide
guide (gīd) noun
1. a. One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising. b. One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.
2. A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
3. a. Something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction: a shopper's guide. b. A guidebook.
4. a. Something that serves to direct or indicate. b. A device, such as a ruler, tab, or bar, that serves as an indicator or acts to regulate a motion or operation.
5. A soldier stationed at the right or left of a column of marchers to control alignment, show direction, or mark the point of pivot.
verb
guided, guiding, guides
verb, transitive
1. To serve as a guide for; conduct.
2. To direct the course of; steer: guide a ship through a channel.
3. To exert control or influence over.
4. To supervise the training or education of.
verb, intransitive
To serve as a guide.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal guida, from guidar, to guide, of Germanic origin.]
guidʹable adjective
guidʹer noun
Synonyms: guide, lead, pilot, shepherd, steer, usher. The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to conduct on or direct to the way": guided me to my seat; led the troops into battle; a teacher piloting his pupils through the museum; shepherding tourists to the chartered bus; steered the applicant to the proper department; ushering a visitor out.