Punishment Synonyms

Battering , chastising, comeuppance, abuse, and bashing are synonyms for punishment; reward and mercy are antonyms of punishment. On this page, you will find 52 another word for punishment.

52 Another Word for Punishment

1. penalizing

  • Chastising
  • Damnation
  • Disciplining
  • Penalizing
  • Punishing
  • Retribution
  • Chastisement

2. correction

  • Comeuppance
  • Correction
  • Discipline
  • Jankers
  • Judgement
  • Justice
  • Medicine
  • One's just deserts
  • Penalty
  • Penance
  • Requital
  • Retribution
  • Reward
  • Sanction
  • Sentence
  • The price
  • The rap
  • Vengeance
  • Chastisement

3. beating

  • Abuse
  • Bashing
  • Battering
  • Beating
  • Belting
  • Buffeting
  • Damage
  • Drubbing
  • Hammering
  • Hiding
  • Ill treatment
  • Ill use
  • Injury
  • Maltreatment
  • Manhandling
  • Mishandling
  • Mistreatment
  • Pounding
  • Pummelling
  • Rough handling
  • Roughing up
  • Thrashing
  • Thumping
  • Walloping
  • Harm

Punishment Sentences

The punishment was too harsh.

They deserved their fair punishment.

Punishment must fit the crime.

He feared the impending punishment.