Word Meanings - ADMONISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15. 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to

Additional info about word: ADMONISH

a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15. 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton. 3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADMONISH)

• Charge
• Direct
• enjoin
• advise
• admonish
• arraign
• inculpate
• entrust
• commit
• load
• accuse
• impeach
• attack
• assault
• impute
• carry
• Chide
• Rate
• scold
• trounce
• reprove
• reprimand
• rebuke
• blame
• objurgate
• Enjoin
• Impress
• mand
• commission
• direct
• order
• ordain
• appoint
• oblige
• prescribe
• Remonstrate
• Expostulate
• rebel
• protest
• recalcitrate
• object
• Teach
• Impart
• tell
• instruct
• inform
• counsel
• educate
• inculcate
• enlighten
• indoctrinate
• train

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ADMONISH)

• Learn
• be impressed
• be studious
• be mindful

Related words: (words related to ADMONISH)

• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• ADMONISHER
  One who admonishes.
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• TEACHER
  1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• TEACHABLENESS
  Willingness to be taught.
• CHARGEANT
  Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
• INFORMOUS
  Of irregular form; shapeless. Sir T. Browne.
• ASSAULTABLE
  Capable of being assaulted.
• REBELLOW
  To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• OBLIGER
  One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• ACCUSE
  Accusation. Shak.
• ORDAINMENT
  Ordination. Burke.
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• STRAINABLE
  1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
• WELL-INFORMED
  Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
• MISCHARGE
  To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
• MISADVISE
  To give bad counsel to.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• SCHOOL-TEACHER
  One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• ENCHARGE
  To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.