Defenition of the word cautionary

• Defenition of the word cautionary

  • Of or pertaining to an admonition.
  • serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
  • tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
  • serving to warn
  • warding off

Synonyms for the word cautionary

• • admonitory
  • advisory
  • deterrent
  • exemplary
  • instructive
  • monitory
  • preventive
  • prophylactic
  • reproving
  • warning

Similar words in the cautionary

• • cautionary
  • dissuasive
  • protective

See other words

• • What is at last
  • The definition of unalterable
  • The interpretation of the word as a final point
  • What is meant by after all
  • The lexical meaning irrevocability
  • The dictionary meaning of the word firm up
  • The grammatical meaning of the word conclusiveness
  • Meaning of the word cautioned
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word closing moments
  • The origin of the word go dead
  • Synonym for the word depart this life
  • Antonyms for the word conk out
  • Homonyms for the word go to meet your maker
  • Hyponyms for the word pack in
  • Holonyms for the word died
  • Hypernyms for the word diefenbaker
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word cautioning
  • Translation of the word in other languages dieing