100 Other Words for “Instruct”

100 Other Words for

No. Term Definition
1. Accustom Make familiar through practice.
2. Advise Offer guidance or recommendations.
3. Apprise Inform or notify someone.
4. Assign Give a task or duty.
5. Authorize Grant permission or power.
6. Break down Explain in simpler parts.
7. Brief Give essential information quickly.
8. Bring into line Align with rules or standards.
9. Bring to light Make known or understood.
10. Bring up to speed Update with needed knowledge.
11. Build capacity Develop ability through training.
12. Build skills Develop abilities through practice.
13. Call the shots Direct decisions and actions.
14. Clarify Make meaning easier to understand.
15. Coach Train through feedback and practice.
16. Command Give an order with authority.
17. Commission Charge with a specific task.
18. Counsel Give advice and guidance.
19. Demonstrate Show how something is done.
20. Describe Explain in words or detail.
21. Detail Explain with specific information.
22. Direct Guide or tell what to do.
23. Drill Train by repeated practice.
24. Educate Teach knowledge or skills.
25. Enlighten Provide understanding or insight.
26. Equip Provide needed tools or skills.
27. Exhort Urge strongly to act.
28. Explain Make something clear by describing.
29. Familiarize Make someone acquainted with something.
30. Field-train Train on the job.
31. Form Shape by teaching or training.
32. Frame Present in a guiding way.
33. Give a rundown Provide a brief summary.
34. Give directions Tell how to proceed.
35. Give pointers Offer practical tips.
36. Give the lowdown Share essential inside information.
37. Groom Prepare for a role or task.
38. Guide Lead by advising and directing.
39. Hand down Pass on knowledge or rules.
40. Help Assist in learning or doing.
41. Highlight Emphasize key points.
42. Indoctrinate Teach to accept a set of beliefs.
43. Inform Give facts or information.
44. Initiate Introduce to skills or practices.
45. Issue orders Give formal commands.
46. Justify Explain reasons or grounds.
47. Key in Bring someone into essential details.
48. Lay down guidelines State guiding rules clearly.
49. Lay down the law State rules firmly.
50. Lay out Present steps or plans clearly.
51. Lead Guide actions by example or direction.
52. Lecture Teach by formal speaking.
53. Level with Explain honestly and directly.
54. Mentor Guide a learner over time.
55. Model Demonstrate behavior to copy.
56. Notify Tell officially or formally.
57. Nurture Develop through support and teaching.
58. Order Direct authoritatively to do something.
59. Orient Introduce to new setting or role.
60. Outline Give main points or steps.
61. Oversee Supervise and guide work.
62. Point out Draw attention to something important.
63. Prepare Get ready through guidance or training.
64. Prescribe Set down rules or actions.
65. Present Deliver information for understanding.
66. Prompt Cue someone to act or say.
67. Provide guidance Give direction and advice.
68. Put on notice Formally inform or warn.
69. Recommend Suggest as a good course.
70. Rehearse Practice under guidance.
71. Reinforce Strengthen learning through repetition.
72. Remind Cause to remember important points.
73. Require Demand as necessary or obligatory.
74. School Teach in a structured way.
75. Set expectations State required standards clearly.
76. Set in motion Initiate actions with guidance.
77. Set straight Correct misunderstandings.
78. Set the record straight Correct false information.
79. Show Demonstrate or reveal how.
80. Signal Indicate what to do.
81. Specify State clearly and exactly.
82. Spell out Explain in full detail.
83. Steer Guide direction or decisions.
84. Supervise Direct and monitor work.
85. Supply directions Provide instructions for action.
86. Talk through Explain step by step verbally.
87. Teach Help someone learn knowledge or skills.
88. Tell Communicate what to do or know.
89. Train Develop skills through practice.
90. Tutor Teach one-on-one or in small groups.
91. Unpack Explain by breaking into parts.
92. Update Provide new or current information.
93. Usher Guide someone into a process.
94. Validate Confirm as correct or acceptable.
95. Verify Check and confirm as true.
96. Vet Examine and assess thoroughly.
97. Walk through Guide step by step.
98. Warn Caution about risks or consequences.
99. Wisen Make wiser through advice.
100. Work up Develop through practice and coaching.