Directive may refer to:
- Directive (European Union), a legislative act of the European Union
- Directive (poem), a highly-acclaimed poem by Robert Frost
- Directives, used by United States Government agencies (particularly the United States Department of Defense) to convey policies, responsibilities, and procedures
- Directive (programming) in a computer program or associated with compiling a program
- A particular kind of speech act which causes the hearer to take a particular action