Synonyms of admonition

admonition

noun

ˌad-mə-ˈni-shən 

1

as in advice

an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action

a heartfelt admonition to the graduates to make the most of their lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advice
• guidance
• admonishment
• recommendation
• information
• counsel
• suggestion
• input
• feedback
• advisement
• adjuration
• instruction
• assistance
• tip
• answer
• lesson
• data
• teaching
• warning
• urging
• solution
• consideration
• exhortation
• judgement
• thought
• observation
• remonstrance
• coaching
• pointer
• sermon
• verdict
• alert
• lecture
• briefing
• expostulation
• prompting
• preaching
• alarum
• forewarning
• cautioning
• remonstration
• hint
• moralizing
• speech
• judgment
• interference
• mentoring
• alarm
• priming
• direction
• tutoring
• caution
• meddling
• kibbitzing
• pontificating
• kibitzing

2

as in warning

the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk

ignored the ranger's admonitions and took the road over the mountain, only to be stranded by the blizzard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• admonishment
• advice
• recommendation
• caution
• suggestion
• forewarning
• alert
• heads-up
• alarum
• prediction
• notice
• alarm
• informing
• prophecy
• predicting
• prophesy
• guidance
• announcement
• notification
• declaration
• forecasting
• premonition
• tip
• prophesying
• counsel
• augury
• foretelling
• presaging
• prognosticating
• auguring
• notifying
• apprising
• tip-off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of admonition

At a lengthy hearing in 2021, a judge gave him a stern admonition but declined to send him back to jail. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025

This admonition of questionable grammatical construction is echoed from the heights of academia. —Eric Heavner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025

And yet one passage in Biden’s remarks stood out and should echo with the same lasting resonance as Eisenhower’s prescient admonition more than half a century ago. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025

The woman who organized the protest was gentle in her admonitions. —Kim Barker, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025