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
• suggestion
• counsel
• input
• feedback
• advisement
• adjuration
• instruction
• assistance
• tip
• answer
• lesson
• warning
• teaching
• data
• urging
• judgement
• consideration
• solution
• exhortation
• coaching
• remonstrance
• thought
• observation
• pointer
• prompting
• remonstration
• verdict
• sermon
• lecture
• expostulation
• briefing
• interference
• hint
• alert
• cautioning
• forewarning
• moralizing
• preaching
• mentoring
• speech
• judgment
• alarum
• direction
• alarm
• priming
• tutoring
• caution
• meddling
• kibbitzing
• 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
• heads-up
• notice
• alarm
• alarum
• prediction
• informing
• prophecy
• predicting
• prophesy
• guidance
• notification
• announcement
• declaration
• premonition
• forecasting
• tip
• prophesying
• counsel
• foretelling
• presaging
• augury
• auguring
• tip-off
• notifying
• prognosticating
• apprising

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of admonishment

The Longs lived by a perplexing tangle of unspoken rules anchored by the admonishment to never invite the neighbors over. —Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025

In sharing the perspective of his office, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian fixated on disputing the brothers’ motive, despite several admonishments from the parole board against re-litigating the crime. —Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025