Synonyms for Disciplining:

• adj.

  •cultural (adjective)
  • Glorifying,
  • advancing,
  • expanding,
  • Regenerative,
  • artistic,
  • Adorning,
  • educative,
  • influential,
  • corrective,
  • Humanizing,
  • humane,
  • instructive,
  • Enriching,
  • raising,
  • edifying,
  • uplifting,
  • liberal,
  • beneficial,
  • helpful,
  • ennobling,
  • widening,
  • dignifying,
  • polishing,
  • broadening,
  • stimulating,
  • socializing,
  • Elevating,
  • Beautifying,
  • Ornamenting,
  • refined,
  • Promoting,
  • constructive,
  • inspirational,
  • learned,
  • refining,
  • Liberalizing,
  • Nurturing,
  • Civilizing,
  • developmental.
  •punishing (adjective)
  • tortuous,
  • burdensome.

• n.

  •deserts (noun)
  • discipline,
  • right,
  • chastisement,
  • revenge,
  • comeuppance,
  • guerdon,
  • chastening,
  • return,
  • recompense,
  • deserving,
  • reward,
  • merit,
  • due,
  • requital,
  • LUMPS,
  • compensation,
  • retribution,
  • punishment.

• v.

  •breed (verb)
  • educate,
  • foster,
  • bring up,
  • cultivate,
  • rear,
  • nourish,
  • instruct,
  • develop.
  •bring up (verb)
  • nurture,
  • breed,
  • feed,
  • school,
  • form,
  • train,
  • provide for,
  • teach,
  • support.
  •castigate (verb)
  • cane,
  • upbraid,
  • bawl out,
  • flog,
  • chastise,
  • criticize,
  • penalize,
  • scold,
  • tongue-lash,
  • drub,
  • lambaste,
  • rail,
  • come down on,
  • lash,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • reprimand,
  • chew out,
  • whip,
  • flay,
  • dress down,
  • lay out,
  • beat,
  • ream,
  • scathe,
  • rate,
  • blister,
  • rebuke,
  • excoriate,
  • thrash,
  • berate,
  • scorch,
  • pummel,
  • scourge,
  • lean on,
  • baste,
  • scarify,
  • punish,
  • read the riot act,
  • correct,
  • drag over the coals,
  • censure,
  • chasten.
  •censure (verb)
  • get after,
  • abuse,
  • denigrate,
  • look askance,
  • admonish,
  • reprove,
  • chide,
  • disapprove,
  • backbite,
  • take to task,
  • deprecate,
  • impugn,
  • pull apart,
  • lecture,
  • cavil,
  • reprehend,
  • judge,
  • animadvert,
  • denounce,
  • contemn,
  • reproach,
  • castigate,
  • knock,
  • asperse,
  • remonstrate,
  • rebuff,
  • carp at,
  • tear apart,
  • exprobate,
  • ostracize,
  • read out,
  • attack,
  • disparage,
  • incriminate,
  • pick apart,
  • find fault with,
  • cut up,
  • tell off,
  • blame.
  •chasten (verb)
  • humble,
  • fulminate against,
  • repress,
  • subdue,
  • tame,
  • rake over the coals,
  • call down,
  • abase,
  • have on the carpet,
  • cow,
  • curb,
  • try,
  • restrain,
  • afflict,
  • objurgate,
  • soften.
  •commanding (verb)
  • holding,
  • mastering,
  • coordinating,
  • grasping,
  • Charging,
  • swaying,
  • reigning,
  • gripping.
  •control (verb)
  • lead,
  • call,
  • run things,
  • steer,
  • pilot,
  • rule,
  • direct,
  • command,
  • hold sway over,
  • subject,
  • head up,
  • subjugate,
  • predominate,
  • regiment,
  • regulate,
  • push buttons,
  • manipulate,
  • supervise,
  • oversee,
  • handle,
  • bully,
  • reign over,
  • domineer,
  • guide,
  • conduct,
  • govern,
  • superintend,
  • administer,
  • administrate,
  • advise,
  • deal with,
  • quarterback,
  • manage,
  • overlook,
  • boss,
  • call the signals,
  • run,
  • hold the reins,
  • hold purse strings,
  • dominate,
  • run the show,
  • be in saddle,
  • head.
  •controlling (verb)
  • executing,
  • Superintending,
  • Bridling,
  • commanding,
  • leading,
  • Overseeing,
  • steering,
  • Presiding,
  • Administering,
  • directing,
  • dominating,
  • Harnessing,
  • controlling,
  • supervising,
  • Managing,
  • governing,
  • ordering,
  • piloting,
  • ruling.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • elevate,
  • play up to,
  • advance,
  • nurse,
  • refine,
  • polish,
  • get next to,
  • court,
  • further,
  • enrich,
  • seek friendship,
  • improve,
  • take pains with,
  • ameliorate,
  • bring on,
  • suck up to,
  • bolster,
  • get on good side of,
  • butter up,
  • civilize,
  • cherish,
  • promote,
  • brownnose,
  • shine up to,
  • encourage,
  • run after,
  • get in with,
  • better.
  •educate (verb)
  • exercise,
  • tutor,
  • enlighten,
  • indoctrinate,
  • brief,
  • mature,
  • inform,
  • coach,
  • brainwash,
  • drum into,
  • show the ropes,
  • put through the grind,
  • edify,
  • put hip,
  • let in on,
  • drill,
  • explain.
  •exercise (verb)
  • exert,
  • strain,
  • maneuver,
  • rehearse,
  • fix,
  • put through grind,
  • break in,
  • condition,
  • dry run,
  • ply,
  • work,
  • prepare,
  • labor,
  • run through,
  • work out,
  • limber up,
  • practice,
  • groom,
  • lick into shape,
  • put through mill,
  • tune up,
  • set,
  • habituate,
  • pump iron,
  • put out,
  • warm up,
  • inure,
  • hone,
  • loosen up,
  • break,
  • walk through.
  •govern (verb)
  • determine,
  • inhibit,
  • bridle,
  • underlie,
  • shepherd,
  • sway,
  • decide,
  • incline,
  • contain,
  • predispose,
  • check,
  • control,
  • dispose,
  • directionalize,
  • get the better of.
  •ground (verb)
  • qualify,
  • predicate,
  • fit,
  • found,
  • acquaint,
  • settle,
  • rest,
  • prime,
  • establish,
  • initiate,
  • Familiarize,
  • introduce,
  • bottom,
  • stay.
  •habituate (verb)
  • confirm,
  • acclimatize,
  • adjust,
  • season,
  • harden,
  • devote,
  • endure,
  • make used to,
  • addict,
  • take to,
  • acclimate,
  • tolerate.
  •harden (verb)
  • dull,
  • coarsen,
  • adapt,
  • embitter,
  • render insensitive,
  • numb,
  • deaden,
  • make callous,
  • stiffen,
  • stun,
  • roughen,
  • steel,
  • callous,
  • strengthen,
  • brutalize,
  • callus,
  • paralyze,
  • blunt,
  • stupefy,
  • conform,
  • case-harden,
  • Climatize,
  • indurate.
  •instruct (verb)
  • ground,
  • reveal,
  • apprise,
  • give lessons,
  • update,
  • wise up,
  • engineer,
  • notify,
  • counsel,
  • tell,
  • clue in,
  • disclose,
  • level,
  • keep posted,
  • break it to.
  •mind (verb)
  • note,
  • have charge of,
  • mind the store,
  • make certain,
  • observe,
  • watch,
  • keep an eye on,
  • look,
  • regard,
  • baby-sit,
  • ensure,
  • notice,
  • perceive,
  • mark,
  • care for,
  • be attentive,
  • discern,
  • see,
  • give heed to,
  • sit,
  • listen up,
  • guard,
  • behold,
  • ride herd on.
  •mortify (verb)
  • deny,
  • confound,
  • abash,
  • disappoint,
  • take the wind out,
  • disgrace,
  • deflate,
  • get one's comeuppance,
  • ridicule,
  • vex,
  • harass,
  • humiliate,
  • belittle,
  • shame,
  • annoy,
  • chagrin,
  • displease,
  • affront,
  • worry,
  • crush,
  • put to shame,
  • take down a peg,
  • discomfit.
  •nurture (verb)
  • raise,
  • sustain,
  • tend,
  • uphold,
  • back,
  • nursle,
  • provide.
  •penalize (verb)
  • handicap,
  • condemn,
  • fine,
  • impose penalty,
  • throw the book at,
  • mulct,
  • hit with,
  • slap with,
  • dock,
  • inflict handicap,
  • amerce,
  • put at disadvantage.
  •penalizing (verb)
  • Burdening,
  • abating,
  • Chastising,
  • judging,
  • penalizing,
  • Handicapping,
  • Forfeiting,
  • Fining,
  • Discounting,
  • punishing,
  • Correcting,
  • Encumbering,
  • Deducting.
  •practice (verb)
  • recite,
  • dress,
  • iterate,
  • become seasoned,
  • try out,
  • sharpen,
  • study,
  • shake-down,
  • go over,
  • do again,
  • build up,
  • dress rehearse.
  •punish (verb)
  • hurt,
  • exile,
  • rap knuckles,
  • knock about,
  • incarcerate,
  • rough up,
  • expel,
  • paddle,
  • oppress,
  • attend to,
  • maltreat,
  • immure,
  • execute,
  • teach a lesson,
  • injure,
  • beat up,
  • blacklist,
  • sentence,
  • give a going over,
  • spank,
  • harm,
  • give the works,
  • misuse,
  • dismiss,
  • crack down on,
  • cuff,
  • do in,
  • defrock,
  • debar,
  • batter,
  • switch,
  • slap wrist.
  •punishing (verb)
  • Castigating,
  • Pillorying,
  • Afflicting,
  • Incarcerating,
  • avenging,
  • Persecuting,
  • Keelhauling,
  • confining,
  • agonizing,
  • Sentencing,
  • reprising,
  • lambasting,
  • trying,
  • anguishing,
  • Crucifying,
  • distressing,
  • Imprisoning.
  •school (verb)
  • verse,
  • show.
  •scourge (verb)
  • plague,
  • curse,
  • horsewhip,
  • trounce,
  • torment,
  • tan,
  • terrorize,
  • HIT,
  • flail,
  • wallop,
  • belt,
  • whale.
  •season (verb)
  • temper,
  • anneal,
  • toughen,
  • accustom.
  •subdue (verb)
  • overrun,
  • conquer,
  • suppress,
  • reduce,
  • quieten,
  • vanquish,
  • overpower,
  • quench,
  • put down,
  • quell,
  • drop,
  • get the upper hand,
  • extinguish,
  • overcome,
  • tone down,
  • quiet,
  • shut down,
  • triumph over,
  • gentle,
  • quash,
  • trample,
  • mellow,
  • beat down,
  • squelch,
  • defeat,
  • bear down,
  • get under control.
  •tame (verb)
  • housebreak,
  • domesticize,
  • enslave,
  • water down,
  • pacify,
  • mitigate,
  • mute,
  • bring to heel,
  • domiciliate,
  • house-train,
  • bust,
  • break the spirit.
  •teach (verb)
  • illustrate,
  • improve mind,
  • communicate,
  • give instruction,
  • cram,
  • impart,
  • catechize,
  • pound into,
  • interpret,
  • expound,
  • give the facts,
  • implant,
  • imbue,
  • polish up,
  • open eyes,
  • demonstrate,
  • profess,
  • inculcate.
  •train (verb)
  • make ready,
  • whip into shape,
  • equip,
  • mold,
  • grow strong,
  • get in shape,
  • get a workout,
  • shape.
  •tutor (verb)
  • clue,
  • lay it out for,
  • ready.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • practicing,
  • scolding,
  • penalising,
  • Specifying,
  • Forming,
  • casing,
  • punitive,
  • contenting,
  • clearing,
  • production,
  • cultivation,
  • stopping,
  • Fielding,
  • schooling,
  • thrashing,
  • Stipulating,
  • drag,
  • entrain,
  • Mattering,
  • marking,
  • dressing down,
  • learning,
  • trudge,
  • reproof,
  • Cultivating,
  • moderating,
  • ensuring,
  • hardening,
  • Gibing,
  • dressage,
  • studying,
  • Instructing,
  • Assorting,
  • correction,
  • conditioning,
  • clarifying,
  • teaching,
  • Classifying,
  • Containing,
  • Jibing,
  • seasoning,
  • Scourging,
  • reproving,
  • Checking,
  • Aiming,
  • Drills,
  • developing,
  • sequencing,
  • castigation,
  • Sketching,
  • Separating,
  • watching,
  • preparation,
  • Tallying,
  • Discipliner,
  • penal,
  • qualifying,
  • Preparing,
  • ticking,
  • Rectifying,
  • breeding,
  • instruction,
  • Chinking,
  • enlightening,
  • Censuring,
  • Insuring,
  • coaching,
  • Righting,
  • Rebuking,
  • drilling,
  • Retarding,
  • surveying,
  • curbing,
  • redressing,
  • civilising,
  • Compensating,
  • agreeing,
  • Driller,
  • cracking,
  • admonition,
  • Classing,
  • using,
  • arranging,
  • correctional,
  • matching,
  • trailing,
  • assuring,
  • issuing,
  • crystallising,
  • determining,
  • disciplinary,
  • corresponding,
  • Elucidating,
  • Subjecting,
  • Ascertaining,
  • perforation,
  • Delaying,
  • punitive measures,
  • admonishment,
  • borer,
  • railing,
  • coursing,
  • orbiting,
  • arresting,
  • illuminating,
  • reporting,
  • grounding,
  • exercising,
  • crystallizing,
  • education,
  • Educating,
  • theming,
  • admonishing,
  • trialing,
  • Reprimanding,
  • Taming,
  • forage,
  • training.

Paraphrases for Disciplining:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discipline.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    penalising, supervising, directing, sanctioning, penalizing, Overseeing, scrutinising, Endorsing, mentoring, redressing, Checking, Sentencing, Enacting, criminalizing, monitor, controlling, framing, coaching.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    punishing, regulating.

Antonyms for Disciplining:

• n.

  • deserts
    pardon, forgiveness, penalty, sympathy, award, reward.

• v.

  • breed
    learn, destroy, not produce, neglect, abandon.
  • castigate
    laud, guard, compliment, exonerate, aid, praise, lose, help, assist, flatter, surrender, forgive, approve, protect.
  • censure
    commend, defend, agree, allow, sanction, permit, endorse, cherish.
  • chasten
    comfort, animate, embolden, boost, uplift, promote, let go, inspirit, extol, cheer, release, honor, encourage.
  • control
    forsake, jump in, risk, chance, misguide, submit, relinquish, yield, resign, consent, follow, rush, comply, renounce, serve, give up, mislead, mismanage, obey.
  • cultivate
    halt, hurt, condemn, damage, worsen, stop, ignore, decrease.
  • exercise
    idle, laze, relax, rest, discourage, not use, forget.
  • govern
    hesitate, give way, liberate, acquiesce.
  • ground
    free, conceal, confuse, finish, unsettle, hide, move, leave, end, close.
  • habituate
    veto.
  • harden
    liquefy, indulge, disorder, be intolerant, melt, spoil, enliven, unfit, soften, weaken, disarrange.
  • instruct
    deceive, ask.
  • mind
    miss, disregard, overlook, disobey.
  • mortify
    make happy, please, respect, satisfy, build up, soothe, delight.
  • nurture
    drop, discontinue, lessen, starve, deprive, repress.
  • penalize
    excuse.
  • practice
    dull, cease.
  • punish
    benefit, welcome, preserve.
  • school
    leave alone.
  • scourge
    fail.
  • season
    cook plain, flex.
  • subdue
    arouse, incite, rouse, start, aggravate, strengthen, agitate.
  • tame
    mend, irritate, upset, fix.
  • teach
    keep, secret, obscure.