object lesson

Questions about object lesson

What is another word for object lesson?

It depends which object lesson you mean. In the sense “punishment intended as a warning to others”, the synonyms are example, deterrent example, lesson. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of object lesson?

WordNet records no antonym for object lesson. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for object lesson come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of object lesson

• Full entry for object lessonAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for object lessonWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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