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admonisher

admonisher

8.4
A person who warns others to avoid mistakes
  • noun
  • /ədˈmɒnɪʃər/
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  • As an experienced friend, he served as an admonisher, always reminding me to save money for emergencies.

Examples

  • The teacher acted as an admonisher, cautioning her students about the dangers of procrastination.

  • The second stage brings the reversal of fortune: the admonisher appears, along with the topos of the "backward gaze" through which the peddler sees his past errors and finds himself transformed.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In the meeting, the manager was an admonisher, warning the team about the consequences of missing deadlines.

Synonyms

admonitor
vsadmonisher
  • Formal
9.4

A person who warns or advises someone to change their behavior

warns or advises to prevent someone making a mistake

Antonyms

encourager
1 2.7

A person who supports others and makes them feel confident

How Stern

critic
563 3.0
admonisher
8.4
advisor
  • US
271 2.8

Surface Forms

admonisher singular
admonishers plural

Morphology

admonisher = admonish (transparent) = admonish + er

Formed by the productive agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'admonish'; the meaning 'a person who admonishes' follows directly.

Etymology

The word admonisher comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and monere 'warn', so it originally meant 'one who warns'. Think of monitor, which is like it and also gives warnings, and that is why an admonisher is someone who warns or advises others to avoid mistakes.