Noun

• S: (n) direction, instruction (a message describing how something is to be done) "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) rule (any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order) "the rule of St. Dominic"
• S: (n) rule, prescript (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
• S: (n) rubric (directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book))
• S: (n) misdirection (incorrect directions or instructions)
• S: (n) address, destination, name and address (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)
• S: (n) markup (detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics))
• S: (n) prescription (directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions) "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
• S: (n) recipe, formula (directions for making something)
• S: (n) rule (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted) "he knew the rules of chess"
• S: (n) stage direction (an instruction written as part of the script of a play)
• S: (n) style (editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display)
• S: (n) system command (a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) instructional [Related to: instruction] (of or relating to or used in instruction) "instructional aids"
• S: (n) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill) "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
• S: (n) teaching, instruction, pedagogy (the profession of a teacher) "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
• S: (n) instruction, command, statement, program line ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)