Synonyms of admonishment

admonishment

noun

1

as in advice

an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action

wintertime admonishments about remembering to wear a coat and hat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advice
• admonition
• guidance
• recommendation
• information
• counsel
• suggestion
• input
• feedback
• adjuration
• instruction
• assistance
• advisement
• tip
• answer
• lesson
• warning
• teaching
• data
• urging
• consideration
• solution
• exhortation
• thought
• coaching
• observation
• pointer
• prompting
• remonstration
• verdict
• sermon
• lecture
• remonstrance
• briefing
• interference
• expostulation
• hint
• alert
• cautioning
• forewarning
• preaching
• judgment
• speech
• mentoring
• direction
• alarm
• priming
• tutoring
• moralizing
• caution
• meddling
• pontificating
• kibitzing

2

as in warning

the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk

that near miss with the guardrail was all the admonishment I needed to slow down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• admonition
• advice
• caution
• recommendation
• forewarning
• suggestion
• alert
• notice
• alarm
• announcement
• prediction
• heads-up
• informing
• prophecy
• predicting
• notification
• guidance
• declaration
• premonition
• forecasting
• tip
• prophesying
• counsel
• presaging
• foretelling
• augury
• auguring
• tip-off
• notifying
• prognosticating
• apprising

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of admonishment

That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026

Debbie Wasserman Schultz disregards criticism Longtime Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is staying in the race to represent a historically Black Broward County congressional district — even after a public admonishment from state party Chair Nikki Fried. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026

In a somewhat direct public admonishment of SpaceX, Sean Duffy, who briefly served as NASA’s acting administrator last year, announced that the space agency would use whichever lander was ready first to complete the landing mission, which is currently slated for as soon as 2028. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2026

His ferocity would lead to multiple instances of public admonishment. — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 21 May 2026

At the time of Lauersdorf’s public admonishment, Fort Worth firefighter Caleb Halvorson had gained widespread attention after Sedgwick declined to cover some aspects of his treatment. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026

Layoffs have disproportionately affected their staff and the bimonthly admonishment from the board about their work in recent months has led to a dark mood in the Serna Center. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026

Appearing Sunday on Fox News, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned a debate over tariff revenue into yet another admonishment, only this time, the target of his ire had recently turned out championing the role of tariffs in improving the country’s fiscal outlook. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026

Discipline can range from an admonishment to suspension of license to disbarment. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026