Synonyms of admonitory

admonitory

adjective

əd-ˈmä-nə-ˌtȯr-ē 

as in warning

serving as or offering a warning

admonitory articles abound around Halloween, warning parents of the hazards of trick-or-treating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• cautionary
• premonitory
• punitive
• monitory
• admonishing
• exemplary
• cautioning
• didactic
• moralistic
• advisory
• moralizing
• counseling
• punishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of admonitory

And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged. — John Liu, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023

Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022

The majority of the pieces were delivered as lectures at churches, seminaries and universities; thus, most have the distinctly instructive and at times admonitory tone of that kind of educational talk to an audience. — Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018