Synonyms for admonish
ædˈmɒn ɪʃad·mon·ish

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1. admonishverb

   Synonyms:
   reprimand, chide

2. admonishverb

   To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

   Synonyms:
   reprimand, chide

3. admonishverb

   To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.

   Synonyms:
   reprimand, chide

4. admonishverb

   To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.

   Synonyms:
   reprimand, chide

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1. admonish

   To censure is to pronounce an adverse judgment that may or may not be expressed to the person censured; to reprove is to censure authoritatively, openly, and directly to the face of the person reproved; to rebuke is to reprove with sharpness, and often with abruptness, usually in the midst of some action or course of action deemed censurable; to reprimand is to reprove officially; to blame is a familiar word signifying to pass censure upon, make answerable, as for a fault; blame and censure apply either to persons or acts; reprove and rebuke are applied chiefly, and reprimand exclusively to persons. To reproach is to censure openly and vehemently, and with intense personal feeling as of grief or anger; as, to reproach one for ingratitude; reproach knows no distinction of rank or character; a subject may reproach a king or a criminal judge. To expostulate or remonstrate with is to mingle reasoning and appeal with censure in the hope of winning one from his evil way, expostulate being the gentler, remonstrate the severer word. Admonish is the mildest of reproving words, and may even be used of giving a caution or warning where no wrong is implied, or of simply reminding of duty which might be forgotten. Censure, rebuke, and reprove apply to wrong that has been done; warn and admonish refer to anticipated error or fault. When one is admonished because of wrong already done, the view is still future, that he may not repeat or continue in the wrong. Compare CONDEMN; REPROOF.

   Synonyms:
   blame, censure, chasten, check, chide, condemn, expostulate with, find fault with, rebuke, remonstrate with, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, take to task, upbraid, warn

   Antonyms:
   abet, applaud, approve, cheer, countenance, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, urge on

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1. admonish

   Synonyms:
   remind, forewarn, advise, warn, dissuade, caution, counsel, reprove, censure, rebuke

   Antonyms:
   encourage, instigate, abet, incite, urge, applaud, countenance

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1. warn, discourage, admonish, monishverb

   admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

   "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

   Synonyms:
   reprove, monish, warn, deter, caution, discourage

2. caution, admonish, monishverb

   warn strongly; put on guard

   Synonyms:
   reprove, monish, discourage, warn, caution

3. admonish, reproveverb

   take to task

   "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"

   Synonyms:
   reprove, monish, warn, caution, discourage

Matched Categories

1. • Criticize
   • Warn

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. admonishverb

   Synonyms:
   reprove (gently), censure, warn of a fault

2. admonishverb

   Synonyms:
   advise, counsel, caution, forewarn, enjoin

3. admonishverb

   Synonyms:
   instruct, inform, teach, apprise, acquaint, notify, make acquainted, make aware

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1. List of paraphrases for "admonish":

   censor

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1. Dereck Joubert:

   This has been such a traumatic thing for the world, that if we don't come out of it changed or better then it's been a tremendous waste of opportunity. And we should admonish ourselves.

2. Attorney Dys:

   You can’t ban people from going to a church, this guy is trying to use the legal system to ban city council people from attending any type of church service. To get the court to admonish them for daring to go to a church service is just wrong.

3. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   There were unfathomable horrors everywhere, they all admonish us to never forget. No, we will never forget. We'll not forget for the sake of the victims, for our own sake, and for the sake of future generations.

4. President Joe Piemont:

   We won't let the care fall apart, but this is not an uncertainty that we could endure for a very long time, we're going to lobby through hospital associations and medical associations to admonish everybody that there needs to be a soft landing here.

5. Sigmund Freud:

   Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.