Thesaurus:punitive

English

Adjective

Sense: for the purpose of inflicting punishment; serving or tending to punish

Synonyms
  • castigatory
  • punishmental (rare)
  • punitive
  • punitory (archaic)
  • vindicatory
  • vindictive (obsolete)
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Various

See also

Further reading

  • “972. punishment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “punitive” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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