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Advise

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Manner of action 26

Admonish 76% connected

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

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Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Advocate 76% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Consult 76% connected

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

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Contraindicate 76% connected

To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.

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Deter 76% connected

To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

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Discourage 76% connected

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…

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Dissuade 76% connected

To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).

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Exhort 76% connected

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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Misadvise 76% connected

To give bad counsel to.

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Misguide 76% connected

To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.

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Monish 76% connected

To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Posit 76% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Propound 76% connected

To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.

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Recommend 76% connected

To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a fav…

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Submit 76% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Urge 76% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Warn 76% connected

To refuse.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Derivationally related 16

Counsel 74% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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Counsel 74% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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Counsellor 74% connected

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Counsellor 74% connected

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Counselor 74% connected

One who counsels; an adviser.

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Counselor 74% connected

One who counsels; an adviser.

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Guidance 74% connected

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

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Guidance 74% connected

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

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Proffer 74% connected

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

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Proffer 74% connected

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

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Proposer 74% connected

One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.

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Proposer 74% connected

One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.

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Synonym 7

Apprise 92% connected

To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Apprize 92% connected

To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Counsel 92% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Notify 92% connected

To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Propose 92% connected

To set forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rede 92% connected

To advise or counsel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suggest 92% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Help 80% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

general 54% interchangeable

Advise overlaps with help, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Professional alternative 1

Help 84% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

professional alternatives to help 55% interchangeable

Use when the help consists of recommendations.

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