suggestion, submonition†, recommendation, advocacy; advisement.
exhortation &c (persuasion) 615; expostulation &c (dissuasion)
616; admonition &c (warning) 668; guidance &c (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 &c 540.
guide, manual, chart &c (information) 527.
physician, doctor, leech†, archiater†.
arbiter &c (judge) 967.
reference, referment†; consultation, conference, pourparler.
V. advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice
[Fr.]; suggest, prompt, submonish†, recommend, prescribe, advocate;
exhort &c (persuade) 615.
enjoin, enforce, charge, instruct, call; call upon &c (request)
765; dictate.
expostulate &c (dissuade) 616; admonish &c (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.
Adj. recommendatory; hortative &c (persuasive) 615; dehortatory &c
(dissuasive) 616 [Obs.]; admonitory &c (warning) 668.
Int. go to!,
Phr. 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].