advising

Definitions

The act of offering suggestions or recommendations about the best course of action.

Providing professional or expert guidance and information to someone.

Examples

The professor is currently advising several students on their thesis projects.

She spent the entire afternoon advising the board members on the potential risks of the merger.

Synonyms

counseling guiding instructing mentoring coaching suggesting consulting

Antonyms

misleading misguiding deceiving ignoring neglecting misdirecting misinforming