Synonyms of the word

direction

• n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination.
• n. An general trend for future action.
• n. Guidance, instruction.
• n. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
• n. (archaic) An address.

absorption

• n. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as.
• n. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
• n. Mental assimilation.
• n. (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced…

bid

• v. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
• v. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to pray for; to offer.
• v. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
• v. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
• v. (transitive) To offer as a price.
• v. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
• v. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
• n. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
• n. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
• n. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

bidding

• v. present participle of bid.
• n. That which one is bidden to do; a command.
• n. The act of placing a bid.

centering

• v. present participle of center.
• n. (countable) Temporary wooden structure built to support an arch during construction.
• n. (uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.

charge

• n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
• n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
• n. A load or burden; cargo.
• n. The amount of money levied for a service.
• n. An instruction.
• n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
• n. An accusation.
• n. An electric charge.
• n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
• n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
• n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
• n. A forceful forward movement.
• n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
• n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
• n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
• n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
• n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
• v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
• v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
• v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
• v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
• v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
• v. To impute or ascribe.
• v. To call to account; to challenge.
• v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
• v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
• v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
• v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…

command

• n. An order to do something.
• n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
• n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
• n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
• n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
• n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer;…
• n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
• n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform…
• n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
• v. (transitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
• v. (transitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have…
• v. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
• v. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
• v. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
• v. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
• v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

commission

• n. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
• n. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
• n. The thing to be done as agent for another.
• n. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
• n. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
• n. The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
• v. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
• v. (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art).
• v. (transitive) To put into active service.

concentration

• n. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being…
• n. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
• n. The proportion of a substance in a whole.
• n. The matching game pelmanism.

content

• n. (uncountable) That which is contained.
• n. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
• n. The amount of material contained; contents.
• n. Capacity for holding.
• n. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case…
• adj. Satisfied about a particular circumstance; thus, in a state of satisfaction.
• interj. (archaic) Alright, agreed.
• n. Satisfaction; contentment.
• n. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination.
• n. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
• v. (transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

counsel

• n. The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
• n. Exercise of judgment; prudence.
• n. Advice; guidance.
• n. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
• n. (obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
• n. A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).
• v. To give advice, especially professional advice.
• v. To recommend.

counseling

• n. Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.
• v. present participle of counsel.

counselling

• n. (British spelling) Alternative form of counseling.
• v. (British spelling) present participle of counsel.

dictation

• n. (uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
• n. (countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
• n. (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
• n. (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.

disposition

• n. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
• n. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
• n. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
• n. Control over something.
• n. (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
• n. (law) Final decision or settlement.
• n. (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
• n. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
• v. To remove or place in a different position.

engrossment

• n. (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
• n. (countable) The fact or instance of writing in a legal document.

focus

• n. (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• n. (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
• n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
• n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic…
• n. (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
• n. (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath…
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
• n. (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
• v. (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
• v. (transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the…
• v. (transitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so…

focusing

• adj. Alternative form of focussing.
• n. Alternative form of focussing.
• v. Alternative form of focussing.

focussing

• adj. Used for or pertaining to focussing.
• n. The action of the verb to focus.
• v. present participle of focus.

guidance

• n. The act or process of guiding.
• n. Advice or counselling on some topic.
• n. Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

immersion

• n. The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
• n. The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
• n. (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept…
• n. (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation…
• n. (linguistics) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other…

inclination

• n. A physical tilt or bend.
• n. A slant or slope.
• n. A mental tendency.
• n. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
• n. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.

instruction

• n. (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
• n. (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
• n. (countable) An order or command.
• n. (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
• n. A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

itinerary

• n. A route or proposed route of a journey.
• n. An account or record of a journey.
• n. A guidebook for travellers.
• adj. itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey.

management

• n. (uncountable, management) Administration; the process or practice of managing.
• n. (management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
• n. (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

message

• n. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
• n. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
• v. To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
• v. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
• v. (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
• v. (obsolete) To bear as a message.

path

• n. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
• n. A course taken.
• n. (paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
• n. A metaphorical course.
• n. A method or direction of proceeding.
• n. (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure,…
• n. (graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not…
• v. (transitive) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

route

• n. A course or way which is traveled or passed.
• n. A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger…
• n. A road or path; often specifically a highway.
• n. (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
• n. (historical) The major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the…
• v. To direct or divert along a particular course.
• v. (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
• v. (computing) To send (information) through a router.
• v. Eye dialect spelling of root.

steering

• v. present participle of steer.
• n. Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

tendency

• n. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
• n. (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.

way

• n. (heading) To do with a place or places.
• n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
• n. A state or condition.
• n. (heading) Personal interaction.
• n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft,…
• n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
• n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
• n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions…
• n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large…
• n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table…
• interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
• v. (obsolete) To travel.
• adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
• adv. (slang, with positive adjective) Very.
• adv. (informal) Far.
• n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.