What is another word for commandment?
Pronunciation:
[ kəmˈandmənt], [ kəmˈandmənt], [ k_ə_m_ˈa_n_d_m_ə_n_t]
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Similar words for commandment:
- behest (noun)
- canon (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- command (noun)
- decree (noun)
- law (noun)
- order (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- precept (noun)
- regulation (noun)
- rule (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Commandment:
n.
• behest (noun)- expressed desires,
- be-hests,
- in junction,
- re quest,
- in-junctions,
- re-quest,
- re quests,
- be-hest,
- re-quests,
- in junctions,
- be hest,
- be hests,
- in-junction.
- requirement,
- will,
- obligation,
- adjuration,
- adjurations,
- prohibitions,
- devoir,
- devoirs,
- imperatives,
- requirements.
- maxim,
- Brocard,
- request,
- promptings,
- philosophy,
- dictation,
- enactment,
- doctrine,
- by-word,
- equity,
- precept,
- ism,
- bylaw,
- formula,
- ukase,
- by-words,
- decretum,
- oracle,
- jurisprudence,
- Reg,
- the riot act,
- guideline,
- the word,
- solicitations,
- due process,
- chargings,
- wish,
- riot act,
- command,
- bidding,
- solicitation,
- screed,
- behest,
- school of thought,
- pronunciamentos,
- promulgation,
- keystones,
- dogma,
- the book,
- pronunciamento,
- instruction,
- bid,
- philosophical system,
- screeds,
- REGS,
- rule,
- keynotes,
- manifesto,
- edict,
- instructions,
- Decretion,
- table,
- expressed desire,
- law,
- bylaws,
- no-no's,
- decree,
- regulation,
- the numbers,
- canon.
Other synonyms:
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•
- redemptive,
- the Second Coming,
- the virgin birth,
- original sin,
- the Holy Land,
- manna,
- canon law,
- Sodom and Gomorrah,
- the Last Supper,
- creationism,
- Noah's ark,
- transubstantiation,
- the Immaculate Conception,
- directive,
- the Incarnation.
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•
- fundamentalism,
- crucifixion,
- resurrection,
- redemption,
- millennium,
- eden,
- cardinal sin,
- creation,
- injunction,
- salvation,
- canonical.
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•
- gospel.
-
•
- passion.
-
•
- direction.
-
•
- word.
-
•
- cross.
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•
- order.
- quarrel,
- word of god,
- mensurate,
- rule of thumb,
- road map,
- seer,
- spring,
- ask,
- centering,
- spoil,
- give-and-take,
- master,
- regularization,
- ordering,
- axiom,
- instruction manual,
- traverse,
- authority,
- guidance,
- postulate,
- head,
- templet,
- requisite,
- social club,
- ascendency,
- book,
- redemptory,
- natural law,
- grouchy,
- directional,
- society,
- sorting,
- cast,
- commit,
- work,
- passage,
- title,
- average,
- maneuver,
- heaven,
- crossing,
- contain,
- gospel truth,
- monetary standard,
- monish,
- ruler,
- send,
- burden,
- ask for,
- crossbreeding,
- rationale,
- delight,
- act as,
- predominate,
- tell,
- counseling,
- evangel,
- put over,
- restraint,
- control condition,
- configuration,
- call for,
- ordination,
- computer code,
- cease and desist order,
- foil,
- department of education,
- compliments,
- holy order,
- write in code,
- purchase order,
- phase,
- ensure,
- lesson,
- bang,
- formulate,
- metre,
- codification,
- convening,
- numbers racket,
- human body,
- bar,
- canyon,
- personation,
- variant,
- o'er,
- turn on,
- like,
- indirect request,
- instauration,
- rate,
- put,
- joy,
- grumpy,
- care,
- lodge,
- existence,
- fairness,
- speech,
- routine,
- mission,
- shelve,
- thwart,
- macrocosm,
- fussy,
- dominance,
- mesa,
- consecrate,
- inscribe,
- ascendancy,
- promised land,
- take,
- kind,
- postulation,
- cadence,
- forethought,
- conformation,
- accuse,
- concluded,
- crown of thorns,
- bearing,
- transmutation,
- church doctrine,
- measure out,
- buyback,
- crossbreed,
- necessitate,
- numbers pool,
- physical body,
- statute title,
- involve,
- cover,
- redeeming,
- wrangle,
- focussing,
- ill-tempered,
- dustup,
- material body,
- program line,
- gospel singing,
- curb,
- flush,
- rescript,
- cathexis,
- mania,
- intelligence,
- enjoining,
- armorial bearing,
- testament,
- interbreed,
- moderate,
- sanctioned,
- banner,
- indebtedness,
- training,
- guiding,
- canonic,
- gild,
- load,
- span,
- love,
- statute law,
- legislating,
- hold over,
- sort out,
- screen,
- overtop,
- descriptor,
- operating instructions,
- creative activity,
- commove,
- ethical drug,
- anatomy,
- tear,
- thwartwise,
- meter,
- tidings,
- enjoin,
- basic,
- holy writ,
- necessary,
- linguistic rule,
- legislative act,
- logos,
- range,
- characterization,
- heat,
- assort,
- pleasance,
- creed,
- saddle,
- miraculous food,
- actor's line,
- deed,
- exact,
- duty,
- guidepost,
- regularise,
- organise,
- wish well,
- touchstone,
- conventionalism,
- measuring rod,
- beat,
- scripture,
- ecclesiastical law,
- row,
- cipher,
- mannikin,
- holy scripture,
- run-in,
- frustrate,
- consign,
- petition,
- play,
- responsibility,
- articulate,
- explosive charge,
- keep in line,
- electric charge,
- represent,
- take form,
- precaution,
- pass,
- turn,
- give voice,
- complaint,
- universe,
- overlook,
- kick,
- template,
- mastery,
- charge up,
- manna from heaven,
- verify,
- shangri-la,
- agitate,
- complete,
- education department,
- reign,
- cut through,
- cacoethes,
- controller,
- var.,
- teaching method,
- rank,
- mark,
- remit,
- imperative mood,
- gloss,
- beseech,
- religious doctrine,
- tutelage,
- language,
- password,
- parole,
- roleplay,
- rouse,
- hold in,
- debt instrument,
- monastic order,
- focal point,
- prescription drug,
- hybridize,
- hybridizing,
- encrypt,
- club,
- nirvana,
- paradise,
- quantity,
- steer,
- pretend,
- postpone,
- encipher,
- crabby,
- behave,
- get over,
- pathfinder,
- number,
- usher,
- redemptional,
- orderliness,
- set back,
- call,
- regard,
- arrange,
- potency,
- mold,
- manoeuvre,
- file,
- normal,
- foundation,
- cosmos,
- transversal,
- human action,
- invite,
- shoot down,
- gospels,
- assess,
- shape,
- all over,
- queer,
- volition,
- regularisation,
- ended,
- forge,
- innovation,
- defer,
- signifier,
- accusation,
- rage,
- police,
- book of instructions,
- focus,
- billing,
- economic system,
- manikin,
- prescript,
- guidebook,
- crisscross,
- burster,
- amount,
- press,
- see to it,
- guide on,
- sweep,
- separate,
- chemical formula,
- saving,
- origination,
- management,
- discussion,
- mould,
- stock,
- human activity,
- require,
- board,
- manakin,
- countersign,
- phrase,
- soma,
- enjoinment,
- civil order,
- interbreeding,
- cut across,
- tender,
- strain,
- hybridisation,
- lawmaking,
- parliamentary procedure,
- ten commandments,
- prophet,
- order of magnitude,
- pattern,
- focusing,
- warmth,
- passionateness,
- assure,
- course,
- allurement,
- move,
- appoint,
- counsel,
- heraldic bearing,
- bespeak,
- millenary,
- govern,
- classify,
- see,
- obiter dictum,
- ascendance,
- regulating,
- constitute,
- imperative form,
- buck,
- conduct,
- crabbed,
- dominion,
- numbers game,
- screen out,
- transverse,
- word form,
- appraise,
- wishing,
- thrill,
- codified,
- build,
- authorisation,
- bit,
- physique,
- dissemble,
- circumspection,
- criterion,
- prescription medicine,
- ordinate,
- mandatory,
- received,
- summons,
- ascendence,
- world,
- chassis,
- harness,
- watchword,
- founding,
- ordain,
- bad-tempered,
- need,
- shoot,
- place,
- measuring,
- quest,
- manoeuver,
- run,
- direct,
- steering,
- hybridise,
- carefulness,
- rein,
- take shape,
- rules of order,
- regularize,
- organize,
- institution,
- operate,
- hold,
- admonish,
- leave,
- police force,
- tabulate,
- word of honor,
- excite,
- scout,
- bear down,
- caveat,
- rush,
- level,
- contour,
- appeal,
- measuring stick,
- quantify,
- terminated,
- repurchase,
- ascertain,
- recipe,
- mannequin,
- prorogue,
- measurement,
- offer,
- institutionalise,
- grade,
- baffle,
- authorization,
- guild,
- bible,
- imprint,
- cautiousness,
- practice of law,
- playact,
- bursting charge,
- conception,
- way,
- excruciation,
- draw,
- pass over,
- tabularise,
- legal philosophy,
- parliamentary law,
- step,
- son,
- declaration,
- good book,
- news,
- check,
- restrict,
- essential,
- constabulary,
- thriftiness,
- point,
- boot,
- conventionality,
- cypher,
- intersect,
- find,
- set up,
- say,
- blame,
- get across,
- expression,
- prescribe,
- annunciation,
- channelize,
- due process of law,
- frame,
- variety,
- insure,
- regulate,
- vaticinator,
- ingathering,
- portrayal,
- evaluate,
- jussive mood,
- make,
- flesh,
- counselling,
- scotch,
- guardianship,
- breeding,
- put off,
- mensuration,
- figure,
- lyric,
- prevail,
- tabular array,
- bill,
- collection,
- track,
- lead,
- hybridization,
- asking,
- initiation,
- conjure,
- announcement,
- commission,
- value,
- tabularize,
- hybrid,
- necessity,
- dominate,
- entreat,
- prerequisite,
- sieve,
- directing,
- bequeath,
- certificate of indebtedness,
- class,
- institutionalize,
- valuate,
- channelise,
- law of nature,
- want,
- introduction,
- bod,
- bilk,
- statement,
- manipulate,
- adjure.
- mandate,
- rubric,
- working rule,
- golden rule,
- control,
- Hest,
- norm,
- By-law,
- dictate,
- statute,
- demand,
- education,
- act,
- words,
- measure,
- code,
- dictum,
- say-so,
- form,
- moral,
- pedagogy,
- ordinance,
- legislation,
- principle,
- pronouncement,
- standard,
- proclamation,
- caution,
- DO,
- over,
- economy,
- polity,
- convention,
- Didactics,
- charge,
- tenet,
- decalogue,
- unwritten law,
- principium,
- prescription,
- imperative,
- sort,
- educational activity,
- fiat,
- working principle,
- guide,
- pleasure.
How to use "Commandment" in context?
One of the Ten commandments is "you shall not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain." It is a prohibition against using God's name in a way that is disrespectful or blasphemous. The term "commandment" is actually biblical in origin, and refers to something that is imposed as a duty or obligation, typically by God. In some Christian traditions, the Ten Commandments are viewed as a summary of the moral law of God.
Paraphrases for Commandment:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
command.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
imperative, injunction, order, requirement.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hypernym for Commandment:
n.
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cognition
golden rule, mitsvah, mitzvah.
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cognition
Hyponym for Commandment:
n.
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cognition
school of thought, philosophical system, doctrine, philosophy, ism.
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cognition
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- Synonyms:
- accessory, contributive, contributory, helpful, leading, promotive, tending, useful, calculated to produce, productive of.