Word Meanings - COMMANDMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. 3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak. (more info) 1. An order or injunction given

Additional info about word: COMMANDMENT

One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. 3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak. (more info) 1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMMANDMENT)

• Precept
• Rule
• maxim
• injunction
• commandment
• doctrine
• direction
• law
• mandate
• principle
• instruction
• command
• order

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COMMANDMENT)

• Supplicate
• entreat
• persuade
• beg
• petition
• suggest
• represent

Related words: (words related to COMMANDMENT)

• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• PRECEPTIAL
  Preceptive. would give preceptial medicine to rage. Shak.
• SUGGESTRESS
  A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.
• REPRESENTABLE
  Capable of being represented.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• SUGGESTION
  Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. (more info) 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. 2. That which is suggested;
• REPRESENTANT
  Appearing or acting for another; representing.
• ENTREATY
  1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser. Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication;
• COMMANDATORY
  Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
• PRECEPTRESS
  A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
• PETITIONARILY
  By way of begging the question; by an assumption. Sir T. Browne.
• COMMANDO
  In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce.
• ENTREATFUL
  Full of entreaty. See Intreatful.
• MAXIMIZATION
  The act or process of increasing to the highest degree. Bentham.
• PETITIONEE
  A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
• MAXIMIZE
  To increase to the highest degree. Bentham.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• IRREPRESENTABLE
  Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.