Definition for Punitive:

• Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.

Synonyms for Punitive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • punitive.
  •concerning punishment (adjective)
  • Castigating,
  • vindictive,
  • retaliatory,
  • in retaliation,
  • in reprisal,
  • revengeful,
  • retaliative.
  •corrective (adjective)
  • counter-acting,
  • anti dotal,
  • most antidotal,
  • most counteracting,
  • rehabilitative,
  • more rehabilitative,
  • more antidotal,
  • most reformatory,
  • most palliative,
  • more reformatory,
  • re habilitative,
  • counter acting,
  • re-medial,
  • anti-dotal,
  • most rehabilitative,
  • more palliative,
  • re-habilitative,
  • re medial,
  • more counteracting.
  •harsh (adjective)
  • more hard nosed,
  • more cussed,
  • un pleasant,
  • un-pleasant,
  • un feeling,
  • dis courteous,
  • un civil,
  • hard nosed,
  • un kind,
  • un-kind,
  • un relenting,
  • un kinder,
  • most cussed,
  • un-kinder,
  • un-civil,
  • hard boiled,
  • hard-nosed,
  • dis-courteous,
  • un kindest,
  • hardshell,
  • un-gracious,
  • un gracious,
  • un-kindest.
  •penal (adjective)
  • retributive.
  •reformative (adjective)
  • re-formative,
  • re formative.
  •vengeful (adjective)
  • unforgiving.

• n.

  •
  • difficult,
  • problematic,
  • adverse,
  • invidious,
  • bad,
  • troublesome,
  • disruptive,
  • fraught,
  • embarrassing,
  • contentious.
  •
  • reward.
  •penitentiary (noun)
  • penitentiary.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • antidotal,
  • corrective,
  • disciplinary,
  • harsh,
  • palliative,
  • punishing,
  • reformative,
  • vengeful,
  • hardboiled,
  • hard shell,
  • hardnosed.
  •n.
  • account,
  • attach,
  • attachment,
  • bar,
  • boot,
  • bring,
  • carrot,
  • catch,
  • chastise,
  • clamp,
  • clobber,
  • come,
  • community service,
  • correction,
  • correctional,
  • crime,
  • crucify,
  • detention,
  • disbar,
  • discipline,
  • disqualify,
  • endorse,
  • endorsement,
  • example,
  • excommunicate,
  • fine,
  • fix,
  • flay,
  • ground,
  • gut,
  • hang,
  • head,
  • kick,
  • law,
  • line,
  • lump,
  • parking ticket,
  • penal,
  • penalize,
  • penalty,
  • probation,
  • punish,
  • punishable,
  • punishment,
  • punitory,
  • rap,
  • retribution,
  • sanction,
  • sentence,
  • shoot,
  • short,
  • skin,
  • slap,
  • sort,
  • spare,
  • string,
  • strip,
  • swing,
  • throw,
  • ticket,
  • vigilante,
  • Grounded,
  • bum rap,
  • Denver boot,
  • wheel clamp,
  • non-custodial,
  • do 1,
  • fixed penalty,
  • spot fine.

Paraphrases for Punitive:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    best, oppressive, punishable, suppressive, dissuasive, corrective, unpunished, disincentive, sanctions, law-enforcement, penalising, coercive.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    repressive, penal, retaliatory, criminal, exemplary.

Antonyms for Punitive:

• adj.

  • all
    rehabilitative.
  • concerning punishment
    beneficial, rewarding.
  • Other antonyms:
    commuting, exculpatory, compensatory.

Punitive Sentence Examples:

• Two escaped to tell the tale, but when a punitive force was sent out at once, there were no signs of the fray.

• To Guidobaldo's command was now entrusted the punitive expedition against the Orsini, and with him was to go the Duke of Gandia, ostensibly to share the leadership, in reality that, under so able a master, he might serve his apprenticeship to the trade of arms.