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Synonyms for commandment

  • noun

Most common

teaching precept command ruling

All synonyms

Noun

1. Precept

precept, teaching

Other

command, law, ruling, behest

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.

Forms

Plural
commandments → precepts, teachings, commands, laws…

Choose the right word

Commandment, Command, Commands or Commandments?

Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • teaching He is capable of teaching both English and French.
  • precept An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
  • command We want you to take command of this unified force.
  • ruling Will Algeria get rid of its corrupt ruling class?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
commandmentrising
teachingsteady
preceptsteady
commandrising
rulingsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
law1
6 letters
ruling2, behest2
7 letters
command2, precept2
8 letters
teaching2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruling2 = 2 syllables).