GUIDEPOST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guidepost mean? 

• GUIDEPOST (noun)
  The noun GUIDEPOST has 2 senses:

1. a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

2. a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way

  Familiarity information: GUIDEPOST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUIDEPOST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

guideline; guidepost; rule of thumb

Hypernyms ("guidepost" is a kind of...):

regulation; rule (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

guidepost; signpost

Hypernyms ("guidepost" is a kind of...):

sign (a public display of a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guidepost"):

fingerboard; fingerpost (a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger)