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Synonyms and Antonyms of direction

1 a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
  • we were given very specific directions for the first part of the exam
Synonyms of direction

behest, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, do, edict, imperative, injunction, instruction, order, word
Words Related to direction

demand, requirement

mandate

countermand, counterorder

law, precept, prescript, prescription, rule

ordinance, regulation, statute
Near Antonyms of direction

appeal, entreaty, petition, plea, urging

proposal, recommendation, suggestion
2 the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
  • working under the close direction of the engineering supervisor
Synonyms of direction

administration, care, charge, conduct, control, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, oversight, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision
Words Related to direction

generalship, leadership, rulership

agency

aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward

engineering, logistics, machination, manipulation

coadministration, codirection, comanagement
3 a guiding or motivating purpose or principle
  • a life that seemed to lack any direction other than the mindless pursuit of empty pleasures
Synonyms of direction

compass, cynosure, focus, lodestar (also loadstar), polestar
Words Related to direction

benchmark, criterion, grade, mark, measure, par, standard, touchstone, yardstick

aim, ambition, aspiration, dream, goal, intention, object, objective, purpose, target
4 a prevailing or general movement or inclination
  • some older people worry about the overall direction that political discourse has taken lately
Synonyms of direction

current, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, trend, wind
Words Related to direction

curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upside

custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way

countercurrent, countertrend

undercurrent, undertow

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