COMMANDMENT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

commandment

noun

kə-ˈman(d)-mənt

Definition of commandment

as in instruction

a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned the boss left behind a list of commandments for running the office while he was away

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Recent Examples of commandment Allen, a former member of Caltech’s Christian fellowship, subscribed to an unusual reading of Jesus’s commandment in the Sermon on the Mount to turn the other cheek. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026 Didn’t the master Christian give three commandments – love God, love your neighbor, and love yourself? — Ethel A. Baker, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2026 And as for her new commandments? — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 What started out as a thrifty practice has become an unofficial commandment of Southern kitchens—don't waste one drop of tasty bacon grease. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commandment

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commandment

Noun

The best way for passengers to reduce their risk of injury is to follow crew instructions and keep their seat belts fastened when directed.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
Most of the victims died while attempting to flee and ignored shelter-in-place instructions, said Antonio Sanz, president of Andalusia’s emergency services.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of instruction

Noun

Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
The memorandum includes a pledge by Iran to never purchase or construct nuclear weapons — a vow the Islamic Republic has made multiple times before, including by signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in a religious edict issued by the late supreme leader and in the Obama-era nuclear accord.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Definition of edict

Noun

The states could still seek an injunction to block the merger before that date.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 July 2026
The city won a preliminary injunction in Los Angeles Superior Court that barred GLAZA from keeping the money when its contract with the zoo ended last year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of injunction

Noun

As part of its ongoing directive to build up its golf vertical, Versant Media Group on Monday announced an agreement to acquire the sports-tech company Full Swing from an ownership group led by Bruin Capital for $530 million in cash.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
There are moves in Congressto extend that life to 2032, however, as well as directives for NASA to support through missions to commercial space station replacements through 2040.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2026

Definition of directive

Noun

Other research pointed in the same direction, and by 2008, Falk and other exercise physiologists were arguing against the status-quo assumption that kids had some major natural deficits in thermoregulation.

— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Their brains combine the latest cues with all that previous experience to estimate the likely speed, direction and spin of the serve—before the ball has even crossed the net.

— Michelle Spear, Scientific American, 11 July 2026