Meanings
nounguide book (plural guide books)
plural guide books · alternative guidebook
- A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.
The author of the oldest extant guide-book to Greece [i.e. Pausanias]
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 166Synonyms: tour guide, travel guide
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.
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Ancient Greek ὁδηγός, ὁδοιπορῐκόν
- ὁδηγός (hodēgós)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- ὁδοιπορῐκόν (hodoiporĭkón)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Arabic دَلِيل
- دَلِيل (dalīl)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Bulgarian пътеводи́тел
- пътеводи́тел (pătevodítel)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Catalan guia
- guiabook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Chinese Mandarin 指南, 手冊 /手册
- 指南 (zhǐnán)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- 手冊 /手册 (shǒucè)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Czech průvodce
- průvodcebook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Danish rejsebog, rejsebrochure
- rejsebogbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- rejsebrochurebook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- rejseguidebook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Dutch reisgids
- reisgidsbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Esperanto gvidlibro
- gvidlibrobook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Estonian reisijuht
- reisijuhtbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Finnish opaskirja, opas
- opaskirjabook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- opasbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
French guide touristique
- guide touristiquebook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
German Reiseführer, Führer
- Reiseführerbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- Führerbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Greek οδηγός
- οδηγός (odigós)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Hindi गाइडबुक
- गाइडबुक (gāiḍbuk)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Hungarian útikalauz, útikönyv
- útikalauzbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- útikönyvbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- ismertetőbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Indonesian panduan, buku panduan
- panduanbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- buku panduanbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- pedomanbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- buku pedomanbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- buku petunjukbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Italian guida turistica
- guida turisticabook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Japanese 手引き, ガイドブック
- 手引き (tebiki)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- ガイドブック (gaidobukku)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Korean 가이드북, 안내서
- 가이드북 (gaideubuk)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- 안내서 (annaeseo)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- 지침서 (jichimseo)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Latvian ceļvedis
- ceļvedisbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Māori pukapuka tātaki, pukapuka aratohu
- pukapuka tātakibook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- pukapuka aratohubook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- pukatohubook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Norwegian Bokmål guidebok
- guidebokbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Polish przewodnik, bedeker
- przewodnikbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- bedekerbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Portuguese guia, roteiro
- guiabook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- roteirobook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Romanian ghid
- ghidbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Russian путеводи́тель
- путеводи́тель (putevodítelʹ)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Scottish Gaelic leabhar-iùil
- leabhar-iùilbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Slovak prievodca
- prievodcabook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Spanish guía turística, guía de viaje
- guía turísticabook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- guía de viajebook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Swedish reseguide
- reseguidebook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Tagalog patnubayang aklat
- patnubayang aklatbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Turkish rehber, seyahat rehberi
- rehberbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
- seyahat rehberibook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Ukrainian путівни́к
- путівни́к (putivnýk)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Vietnamese sách hướng dẫn
- sách hướng dẫnbook that provides guidance — see also travel guide
Yiddish וועגווײַזער
- וועגווײַזער (vegvayzer)book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
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APA
guide book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20book
MLA
“guide book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20book. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guide book,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20book.
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