Discipline Synonyms

Control, direction, authority, strictness, routine, training, instruction, drilling, use of punishment, regulation, order, rule, a firm hand, regimen, teaching, drill, and exercise.

Field (of study), course of study, area, speciality, branch of knowledge, subject, specialist subject, and specialty.

Train, teach, coach, regiment, lay down the law to someone, drill, school, educate, indoctrinate, and bring into line.

Punish, bring to book, rebuke, chastise, upbraid, dress down, rap over the knuckles, give someone a rocket, carpet, chasten, penalize, reprimand, reprove, castigate, remonstrate with, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a roasting, put on the mat, and put on the carpet.