counselling

VERB

give advice

Synonyms

STRONG

admonish advise advocate caution charge confab direct enjoin exhort guide huddle inform instruct kibitz order prescribe prompt recommend reprehend steer suggest teach tip tout urge warn

WEAK

give pointer give two cents keep posted put bug in ear put heads together put on to show the ropes tip off wise one up

Antonyms

STRONG

approve conceal discourage dissuade hide learn misguide mislead neglect prevent

Example Sentences

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The pilots will be delivered through existing NHS WorkWell sites, which connect patients with services such as physiotherapy and counselling.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Thilothama, who works for Thozhi, a Chennai-based charity supporting transgender people, has spent more than a decade helping others find work and counselling those navigating rejection and uncertainty.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

At a human rights centre in Tehran, Aysha - whose name has been changed - is counselling a distressed mother on the telephone.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Eswatini's government has said US deportees were "in good hands" and receiving healthcare, including counselling.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

She seemed to struggle with herself, as if she feared that, in thus counselling him, she incurred some heavy responsibility.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander