admonitory

Questions about admonitory

What does admonitory mean?

admonitory means "serving to warn". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in admonitory?

admonitory has 5 syllables: ad-mo-ni-to-ry. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˌædˈmɔnɪˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for admonitory?

Close synonyms include cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning, admonishing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is admonitory a common word?

admonitory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with admonitory?

59 words rhyme with admonitory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.