All guideline synonyms

noun guideline

• direction — the act or an instance of directing.
• code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
• protocol — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
• guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
• instruction — machine instruction
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• ground rule — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
• signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
• clue — A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
• precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
• key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
• mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• marker — a person or thing that marks.
• advice — If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
• recommendation — an act of recommending.
• standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
• parameter — formal argument
• policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
• regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
• directions — the act or an instance of directing.