
guarantee | guarantee: n. 1 guaranty, warranty, assurance, pledge, bond, obligation, promise; word (of honour), oath, undertaking: The guarantee expires one month from the sell-by date. Have I your guarantee that this battery will last a year? --v. 2 guaranty, warranty, assure, ensure, pledge, promise, undertake, stand behind, vouch for, certify, make sure or certain, swear to, attest to: The manufacturer guarantees every car for three years or 50,000 miles.
guard | guard: v. 1 protect, shield, safeguard, (keep or stand) watch (over), defend, convoy, escort, police, look after, tend, mind: Only three men will be guarding the bullion when we make our move. 2 control, mind: Guard your tongue - the walls have ears. --n. 3 sentinel, watchman, sentry, security guard, custodian, guardian, protector, picket, watch, bodyguard; evzone, bashibazouk; Brit warder, wardress , Slang screw, Brit minder: The guards go to eat at noon. 4 protection, convoy, escort, patrol: A guard of six men will accompany the van along this route. 5 defence, protection, safety, safeguard, security, shield: This bandage will serve as a guard against infection.
guarded | guarded: adj. careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, circumspect, wary, noncommittal, restrained, mindful, suspicious, leery or Brit also leary, apprehensive; loath or loth, reticent, reluctant, Colloq cagey: He became very guarded under close questioning. When I asked where she had been, she gave a guarded answer.
guardian | guardian: n. protector, defender, paladin, champion; trustee, custodian, keeper, preserver: She fancies him her guardian, her knight in shining armour. Do we really need guardians of the ''purity'' of the language?
guerrilla | guerrilla: n. guerilla, partisan or partizan, resistance or freedom or underground fighter, irregular; insurgent, saboteur, terrorist; US history Jayhawker, French history Maquis: The guerrillas continue to attack the government''s supply convoys.
guess | guess: v. 1 conjecture, estimate, hypothesize, speculate, postulate, Slang guestimate or guesstimate: We guessed that he might try to come in through the window. 2 think, suppose, conclude, assume, believe, dare say, surmise, judge, deem, reckon, imagine, fancy, feel, suspect, divine: I guess you were right about her. --n. 3 conjecture, estimate, hypothesis, speculation, surmise, assumption, judgement, feeling, suspicion, supposition, postulate, theory; guesswork; Colloq shot in the dark, Slang guestimate or guesstimate: My guess as to which card would turn up was wrong.
guest | guest: n. visitor, company, caller; patron, customer, lodger, boarder, roomer: Our guests get clean linen daily.
guidance | guidance: n. 1 leadership, direction, management, government, conduct, control, regulation, charge, handling, rule, auspices: The company prospered under her guidance. 2 counsel, advice, counselling, advisement, instruction, teaching: I have turned to you for guidance in the matter.
guide | guide: v. 1 lead, show or lead the way, conduct, shepherd, direct, usher, steer, orient or Brit orientate: She guided me to the proper office. What will guide your judgement in dealing with this situation? 2 steer, pilot, manoeuvre, navigate, direct: He carefully guided the boat between the shoals. 3 counsel, advise, influence, sway; supervise, oversee, handle, manage, superintend, direct, control, regulate, govern: Mr Thrall guided my artistic development from the beginning. 4 instruct, teach, tutor, train: From early youth we were guided by the elders of the community. --n. 5 leader, conductor, director, cicerone, chaperon, mentor, counsel, counsellor, adviser or advisor, guru, master: He served as my guide through the financial jungle. Let your conscience be your guide. 6 model, criterion, exemplar, standard, ideal, example, inspiration: She looked upon the life of Mother Theresa as a guide. 7 beacon, light, signal, guiding light, landmark, lodestar, sign, marker: The Southern Cross was our constant guide sailing round the Horn. 8 handbook, manual, enchiridion, vade-mecum, guidebook, Baedeker: Can you recommend a good guide to English usage?
guilt | guilt: n. 1 culpability, guiltiness, criminality, blame, responsibility, blameworthiness; crime, sinfulness, feloniousness, wrongdoing, misconduct: Confronted by the evidence, Shillingworth admitted his guilt. 2 remorse, self-reproach, regret, sorrow, contrition, repentance, shame, contriteness, self-condemnation, bad conscience: That feeling of guilt would plague me for the rest of my life.
guilty | guilty: adj. 1 responsible, culpable, answerable, blameworthy, at fault, delinquent, wrong; offending, reprehensible: Whoever was guilty will be prosecuted. First we must find the guilty party. 2 remorseful, contrite, regretful, sorry, apologetic, repentant, sorrowful, conscience-stricken, rueful, penitent; ashamed, shame-faced, sheepish, embarrassed, red-faced: Gavin felt terribly guilty for having insulted Tina.
guise | guise: n. 1 appearance, aspect, semblance, look, image, likeness, mien; air, behaviour, conduct, deportment, comportment, bearing, demeanour: This is nothing but an old political concept in a new guise. 2 semblance, disguise, fa�ade, front, pretence: The treacherous Lothario assumed the guise of a knight in shining armour.
gulf | gulf: n. 1 bay, bight, cove, inlet, sound, loch or sea loch, firth or frith, fiord or fjord, Irish lough, Brit creek: We sailed into the gulf to shelter from the wind behind the cliffs. 2 chasm, deep, depth, abyss, abysm, void, space, opening, rift, breach, gap, separation, rift, split: After the divorce, the gulf between us widened even further.
gullible | gullible: adj. innocent, green, simple, credulous, unsophisticated, na�ve, unsuspecting, unwary, unsuspicious, wide-eyed, born yesterday, inexperienced, immature: He was gullible enough to fall for the old con game, three-card monte.
gully | gully: n. gulley, channel, river-bed, watercourse, gorge, ravine, canyon, notch, cut, pass, defile, valley, corridor, wadi, Brit gill or ghyll, W US arroyo , US and Canadian gulch: We rode along in the gully so as not to be seen.
gulp | gulp: v. 1 bolt, gobble, wolf (down), devour, gorge, swallow, throw down, toss off, quaff, guzzle, swill, Colloq knock back, swig, US chug-a-lug: The boy gulped his dinner and ran out to play. 2 swallow, suppress, stifle, choke (back), smother, strangle: She gulped back her tears as the coffin was lowered. --n. 3 mouthful, swallow, draught, swill, Colloq swig: He took a gulp of his drink before making another bid.
gumption | gumption: n. 1 resourcefulness, shrewdness, cleverness, (mother) wit, (common) sense, astuteness, judgement, Colloq horse sense, brains, Slang Brit nous: It takes a lot of gumption to run a good cattle auction. 2 backbone, grit, pluck, mettle, enterprise, initiative, courage, spirit, gameness, nerve, daring, vigour, energy, boldness, audacity, stamina, Colloq spunk, guts, get-up-and-go, US moxie, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo slang balls: He hasn''t the gumption to go into business for himself.
gurgle | gurgle: v. 1 bubble, burble, babble, ripple, splash, plash, lap, murmur, purl: The cool brook gurgled merrily through the meadow. --n. 2 babble, burble, bubbling, babbling, burbling, splash, gurgling, splashing, plashing, murmuring, purl, purling: I lay back, listening to the gurgle of the spring among the rocks.
gush | gush: v. 1 cascade, rush, flood, stream, spurt, jet, spout, burst; run, flow: The water gushed out of the pipe, soaking us all. 2 bubble over, overflow, be ebullient or effusive or effervescent, effervesce, make much of, fuss over, prattle, chatter, babble, jabber, blather or blether, Colloq Brit natter, witter: It was impossible to stop them from gushing on about the performance. --n. 3 cascade, rush, flood, flow, stream, spurt, jet, spout, burst, torrent: A gush of water hit me right in the face. 4 exuberance, effusion, bubbling over, outburst: After the first gush of enthusiasm, everything quieted down.
gushy | gushy: adj. gushing, fulsome, cloying, mawkish, excessive, effusive, overdone, (over-)sentimental, (over)enthusiastic, Colloq sloppy, slushy: It''s another gushy film about a little girl and a lost kitten.
gust | gust: n. 1 puff, blow, wind, breeze, blast: A gust of wind blew my hat off. --v. 2 puff, blow, blast, surge, increase: The wind gusted up to gale force overnight.
gusto | gusto: n. enthusiasm, relish, zest, appetite, zeal, zealousness, avidity, eagerness, enjoyment, appreciation, pleasure, delight, satisfaction: We attacked the meal with great gusto and soon dispatched every scrap.
gut | gut: n. 1 Often, guts. bowels, intestines, entrails, viscera, stomach, offal, vitals, vital parts, gurry, Brit (of a deer) gralloch, Colloq insides, innards or inwards: As soon as the game is killed, the guts must be removed. 2 stomach, abdomen, belly; beer-belly, bay window, corporation: His enormous gut hung over his belt. 3 guts. a backbone, bravery, boldness, audacity, pluck, courage, determination, daring, spirit, grit, mettle, gumption, nerve, intestinal fortitude, Colloq spunk, gutsiness, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo balls: He hasn''t the guts to tell the boss what he thinks of him. b integrity, will-power, stamina, endurance, forcefulness, dynamism: It takes real guts to stand up for your rights. --v. 4 disembowel, eviscerate, draw, dress, clean: It will take hours to gut all these fish. 5 ransack, pillage, plunder, sack, despoil, strip, ravage, loot, rifle, Rare depredate; clean out, devastate, empty: The building was completely gutted by the fire. --adj. 6 basic, heartfelt, instinctive, instinctual, intuitive, visceral, deep-seated, emotional: My gut reaction is to refuse the offer.
guttersnipe | guttersnipe: n. waif, (street) Arab, (street) urchin, ragamuffin, brat, gamin, rogue, Colloq Brit rare mudlark: That little guttersnipe stole my wallet!
guy | guy: n. 1 man, lad, youth, boy, fellow, person, Colloq chap, geezer, Brit bloke, Slang gink, cat, customer, US dude, Old-fashioned gazabo or gazebo: Clarence is a pretty nice guy. --v. 2 mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, satirize, poke fun at, lampoon, Colloq rib, take off, Brit send up: We put on a show at school in which we guyed the teachers.
