1
[ adjective ] showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

Synonyms

directing directive directional

Examples

"felt his mother's directing arm around him" "the directional role of science on industrial progress"

Related terms

leading

2
[ adjective ] exerting control or influence

Examples

"a guiding principle"

Related terms

leading

3
[ noun ] the act of guiding or showing the way

Synonyms

guidance steering

Related terms

management steer

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Rhymes with

gliding chiding riding siding hiding guarding dowding goading sliding grading abiding grinding disregarding regarding budding padding dividing coinciding confiding providing subsiding deciding binding ding nodding grounding degrading finding winding wilding gilding golding bonding banding pounding crowding balding boarding clouding plodding bounding prodding shading blinding voiding wading ceding reading lading seeding leading feeding raiding fading shrouding sounding landing rounding funding founding flooding overriding scalding backsliding standing coding bedding bidding hoarding harding unwinding pudding breeding pleading trading bleeding braiding shedding marauding branding expanding discarding compounding corresponding outstanding notwithstanding misunderstanding understanding astounding according recording abounding expounding speeding wedding redding reading wording loading demanding confounding surrounding awarding commanding rewarding resounding forwarding herding heading blockading shielding exceeding skateboarding brooding longstanding succeeding inbreeding upstanding freestanding spellbinding ending yielding fielding scaffolding pending building tending bending sledding proceeding preceding pervading conceding misreading misleading invading impeding receding spreading beheading encoding decoding wounding molding moulding mending sending vending lending welding rending folding exploding protruding concluding scolding intruding including spending eluding eroding unyielding holding shareholding landholding stockholding expending pretending unbending contending attending impending rebuilding blending unloading forbidding foreboding railroading shipbuilding descending defending condescending offending unending ascending beholding unfolding rescinding withholding featherbedding

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

guidance Giddings

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