Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary PowersDivision (I) Individual Volition
Section III. Voluntary Action
2. Complex Voluntary Action
695. Advice.
EXHORTATION (persuasion) [See Motive]; expostulation (dissuasion) [See Dissuasion]; admonition (warning) [See Warning]; guidance (direction) [See Direction].
INSTRUCTION, charge, injunction; Governor’s -, President’s- message; King’s -, Queen’s- speech; message, speech from the throne.
ADVISER, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, sage, wise man, wise woman; magnus Apollo [L.], senator; teacher [See Teacher]; yogi or yogin; physician, leech [archaic]; archiater; arbiter (judge) [See Judge].
GUIDE, manual, chart (information) [See Information].
CONSULTATION, conference, pourparler [F.], parley, powwow [U. S.]; reference, referment.
ENJOIN, enforce, charge, instruct, call; call upon (request) [See Request]; dictate.
EXPOSTULATE (dissuade) [See Dissuasion]; admonish (warn) [See Warning].
ADVISE WITH; lay heads -, consult- together; compare notes; hold a council, deliberate, be closeted with.
CONFER, consult, refer to, call in; follow, follow implicitly; take -, follow- advice; be advised by, have at one’s elbow, take one’s cue from.
- Give every man thine ear but few thy voice.—Hamlet
- I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!—Merchant of Venice
- 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.
- Vive memor lethi (or leti).
- We ask advice but we mean approbation.—Colton