Definition for Admonish:

• take to task; " He admonished the child for his bad behavior"

Synonyms for Admonish:

• n.

  •
  • scold,
  • remonstrate.
  •
  • preach,
  • urge,
  • would.
  •
  • bawl out,
  • lambaste,
  • tax,
  • attack,
  • dress down,
  • call down,
  • rap,
  • chew out.
  •
  • alarm.
  •admonish (noun)
  • discourage,
  • monish,
  • caution,
  • reprove,
  • warn.

• v.

  •advise (verb)
  • counsel,
  • advise,
  • consult,
  • brief,
  • prompt,
  • recommend,
  • advocate,
  • guide,
  • inform,
  • confer,
  • instruct,
  • direct,
  • notify,
  • encourage,
  • caution,
  • cue,
  • warn,
  • suggest.
  •caution (verb)
  • alert,
  • enjoin,
  • exhort,
  • Forewarn.
  •communication (verb)
  • discourage,
  • monish,
  • warn.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • chasten,
  • scorn,
  • disparage,
  • condemn,
  • censure,
  • defame,
  • castigate,
  • defile,
  • disapprove,
  • chide,
  • blame,
  • chastise,
  • renounce,
  • deride,
  • discredit,
  • upbraid,
  • denounce,
  • reproach,
  • denigrate,
  • criticize,
  • deprecate,
  • vilify.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • check,
  • daunt,
  • prevent,
  • ban,
  • depress,
  • dishearten,
  • deter,
  • deflect,
  • bar,
  • intimidate,
  • avert,
  • inhibit,
  • disincline,
  • discourage,
  • dissuade,
  • restrain,
  • derail,
  • divert,
  • chill,
  • dampen.
  •threaten (verb)
  • bully,
  • hint,
  • browbeat,
  • scare,
  • torment,
  • bulldoze,
  • frighten,
  • threaten,
  • forebode,
  • harass.
  •warn, strongly criticize (verb)
  • chide,
  • call on the carpet,
  • talk to,
  • reprove,
  • advise,
  • growl,
  • draw the line,
  • notice,
  • rebuke,
  • jack up,
  • come down hard on,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • counsel,
  • censure,
  • Forewarn,
  • speak to,
  • reprimand,
  • exhort,
  • check,
  • berate,
  • ding,
  • glue,
  • slap on wrist,
  • call down,
  • rap,
  • upbraid,
  • warn,
  • scold,
  • tell off,
  • sit on,
  • hoist,
  • give a piece of one's mind,
  • enjoin.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • would,
  • preach.
  •
  • rap,
  • rebuke,
  • scold.
  •
  • urge,
  • lambaste.
  •
  • call down.
  •
  • call.
  •advise
  • prompt.
  •blame
  • find fault with,
  • skin.
  •disapprove
  • reprehend.
  •inveigh
  • let have it.
  •moralize
  • sermonize,
  • moralize.
  •rail
  • inveigh.
  •rebuke
  • reprimand.
  •remind
  • remind.
  •revile
  • revile.
  •sermonize
  • pontificate,
  • moralize.
  •warn
  • make aware,
  • give warning.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cry out against,
  • announce,
  • rebuke,
  • cry havoc,
  • blow up,
  • wig,
  • lesson,
  • move,
  • set down,
  • tip,
  • Premonish,
  • penalize,
  • lambast,
  • demoralize,
  • apprise,
  • tick off,
  • rap knuckles,
  • jack up,
  • reproof,
  • nourish,
  • sermonize,
  • bear a grudge,
  • dress down,
  • remember,
  • harangue,
  • urge,
  • rail against,
  • acquaint,
  • tongue-lash,
  • chew out,
  • slate,
  • reprehend,
  • tax,
  • alarm,
  • glue,
  • give warning,
  • reprimand,
  • charge,
  • remonstrate with,
  • tell off,
  • growl,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • revile,
  • criticise,
  • croak,
  • incite,
  • Cautioned,
  • teach,
  • give a piece of one's mind,
  • preach,
  • inculcate,
  • slap on wrist,
  • sit on,
  • set straight,
  • call,
  • inveigh,
  • call to order,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • give fair warning,
  • Betongue,
  • call down,
  • scold,
  • remind,
  • give notice,
  • moralize,
  • make aware,
  • vituperation,
  • straighten out,
  • talk to,
  • come down hard on,
  • lambaste,
  • punish,
  • call on the carpet,
  • call to account,
  • give the business,
  • take down,
  • attack,
  • find fault with,
  • slap wrist,
  • objurgate,
  • take to task,
  • rate,
  • Prewarn,
  • let someone have it,
  • skin,
  • haul over the coals,
  • expostulate,
  • menace,
  • rap,
  • draw the line,
  • sound the alarm,
  • speak to,
  • lecture,
  • accuse,
  • let have it,
  • berate,
  • would,
  • mutter,
  • spank,
  • carpet,
  • notice,
  • bawl out,
  • speak,
  • dispirit,
  • correct,
  • Dehort,
  • monish,
  • remonstrate,
  • ding,
  • pontificate,
  • persuade,
  • frighten off,
  • talk out of,
  • fulminate against,
  • flay,
  • bring to book,
  • discipline,
  • reprove,
  • hoist,
  • induce,
  • rail at.

Antonyms for Admonish:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    acclaim, allow, applaud, approve, cheer, commend, compliment, congratulate, discourage, endorse, extol, permit, praise, salute, sanction.

• v.

  • warn, strongly criticize
    approve, flatter, allow, laud, praise, applaud, compliment, permit, commend, extol.
  • Other antonyms:
    endorse, abet, encourage, approve, salute, sanction, applaud, incite, instigate, countenance, laud, hail, praise, impel, cheer, extol, urge on, tout.