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punishable

pun·ish·a·ble
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puhn-i-shuh-buh l]
    • /ˈpʌn ɪ ʃə bəl/
    • /ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃə.bl̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puhn-i-shuh-buh l]
    • /ˈpʌn ɪ ʃə bəl/

Definitions of punishable word

  • adjective punishable liable to or deserving punishment. 1
  • adjective punishable liable to punishment 1
  • adjective punishable If a crime is punishable in a particular way, anyone who commits it is punished in that way. 0
  • adjective punishable liable to be punished or deserving of punishment 0
  • adjective punishable liable to or deserving punishment 0
See all 5 definitions of punishable

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Origin of punishable

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English. See punish, -able

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Punishable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Punishable

punishable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for punishable

adj punishable

  • culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
  • demeritorious — a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
  • impeachable — making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
  • in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
  • indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.

adjective punishable

  • answerable — If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
  • chargeable — If something is chargeable, you have to pay a sum of money for it.
All 7 Synonyms of punishable

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Related words

  • criminalize

    If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal.

  • felony

    an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.

  • finable

    subject to a fine; punishable by a fine.

  • hanging

    the way in which a thing hangs.

  • penalize

    to subject to a penalty, as a person.
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