nnoun.communicationa pronouncement encouraging or banning some activityExamples:- the boss loves to send us directives
Derivationally Related Form:directivedirect
Hypernyms:dictum pronouncement say-so
Inherited Hypernyms:directivepronouncementdeclarationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Presidential Directive
Full Hyponyms:presidential directive
adj satadj.allshowing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction onSynset:directing directional guiding
Examples:- felt his mother's directing arm around him
- the directional role of science on industrial progress
Antonyms:following
Derivationally Related Form:directivitydirectivedirectivenessdirect
Inherited Hypernyms:directing
Similar to:leading