advice
Roget category 695
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action
#695.
Advice
noun
advice,
counsel,
adhortation† —
word to the wise —
suggestion,
submonition†,
recommendation,
advocacy —
advisement.
exhortation
etc.
(persuasion)
615 —
expostulation
etc.
(dissuasion)
616 —
admonition
etc.
(warning)
668 —
guidance
etc.
(direction)
693.
instruction,
charge,
injunction,
obtestation† —
Governor's message,
President's message —
King's message,
Queen's speech —
message,
speech from the throne.
adviser,
prompter —
counsel,
counselor —
monitor,
mentor,
Nestor,
magnus Apollo [Lat.],
senator —
teacher
etc.
540.
guide,
manual,
chart
etc.
(information)
527.
physician,
doctor,
leech†,
archiater†.
arbiter
etc.
(judge)
967.
reference,
referment† —
consultation,
conference,
pourparler.
verb
advise,
counsel —
give advice,
give counsel,
give a piece of advice [Fr.] —
suggest,
prompt,
submonish†,
recommend,
prescribe,
advocate —
exhort
etc.
(persuade)
615.
enjoin,
enforce,
charge,
instruct,
call —
call upon
etc.
(request)
765 —
dictate.
expostulate
etc.
(dissuade)
616 —
admonish
etc.
(warn)
668.
advise with —
lay heads together,
consult together —
compare notes —
hold a council,
deliberate,
be closeted with.
confer,
consult,
refer to,
call in —
take advice,
follow advice —
be advised by,
have at one's elbow,
take one's cue from.
adjective
recommendatory —
hortative
etc.
(persuasive)
615 —
dehortatory
etc.
(dissuasive)
616† —
admonitory
etc.
(warning)
668.
interjection
go to!,
phrase
give every man thine ear but few thy voice"
[Hamlet];
I pray thee cease thy counsel"
[Much Ado About Nothing];
my guide, philosopher, and friend"
[Pope];
'twas good advice and meant, my son be good"
[Crabbe];
verbum sat sapienti [Lat.],
a word to the wise is sufficient —
vive memor leti [Lat.] —
we, ask advice but we mean approbation"
[Colton].
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