Captain and Guide

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Captain

Captain verb - To be in charge of.

Usage example: if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission

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Guide is a synonym for captain in effort topic. In some cases you can use "Guide" instead the word "Captain" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like commander.

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Guide

Guide verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

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Captain is a synonym for guide in commander topic. You can use "Captain" instead the word "Guide" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

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old	old captain	old guide
good	good captain	good guide
female	female captain	female guide
full	full captain	full guide
Other adjectives: best, certain, alien, original, friendly, popular, actual, real, young, famous, experienced, new, former, mysterious, official, comic.

Common collocations

way	captain way	guide way
spaceship	captain spaceship	guide spaceship
ships	captain ships	guide ships

Both words in one sentence

Their ship never even leaves port unless you pretend to be the captain and guide them somewhere.

Source: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
Captain Maggie Sawyer, Renee's shift commander at the MCU, was already out and attempted to help guide Renee through the initial tribulations, but Renee felt that their circumstances were not comparable.

Source: Coming-Out Story
Captain Sawyer, herself a lesbian, attempts to guide her through it, but Renee makes it clear that their situations are drastically different.

Source: Comicbook / Gotham Central

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