Home › Words › G › guideboardguideboardguideboard means A board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions.EtymologyFrom guide + board.nounA board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions.e.g.“they cannot go astray so long as they carry their guideboard about with them - a delusion we often practise upon ourselves with our high and mighty reason” — 1871, James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.signboard 72% match — A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted. vs guideboard →nameboard 66% match — A signboard bearing a name. vs guideboard →guidelight 64% match — A light that serves to guide. vs guideboard →beguide 64% match — To guide, direct vs guideboard →guidewheel 62% match — The wheel used to guide a machine or vehicle; a steering wheel. vs guideboard →fingerpost 62% match — A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost. vs guideboard →guideword 61% match — A word or phrase that serves as one's guide. vs guideboard →guidee 61% match — One who is guided. vs guideboard →