COMMANDMENT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

commandment

noun

kə-ˈman(d)-mənt

Definition of commandment

as in instruction

a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned the boss left behind a list of commandments for running the office while he was away

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Recent Examples of commandment Treat them as starting points, not commandments. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026 Paxton filed a lawsuit against Galveston ISD after the school board voted against placing the commandments in classrooms. — Haajrah Gilani, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026 Consider these our contemporary cupcake commandments, illustrated by three new recipes that are, as Carrie would say, fabulous. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026 Copying them carefully, Mary Kay took his catchphrases as commandments. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commandment

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commandment

Noun

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have uncovered a new processor attack that can bypass defenses in Intel and AMD chips by exploiting a security gap lasting only a handful of instructions.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
John’s hacking skills prove useful, as does the T-800’s extensive firepower—although per John’s instructions, there are zero human fatalities.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of instruction

Noun

Countless speakers left the Pale of Settlement – the territory in Eastern Europe where Jews had been granted permission to live under an edict of the Russian czars.

— Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of edict

Noun

If the teams refuse to enroll the players who benefit from the TRO, those players could petition Hoffman to clarify that his order also blocks the SEC from punishing schools.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The draft order was picked at random, but the league’s players didn’t pick a number out of a hat or see who could hit a golf shot closest to a hole.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of order

Noun

Talwani, nominated to the bench by former President Obama, reluctantly removed the second injunction shortly after.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
The agency initially said the rule would not apply to the midterm election unless injunctions from lower courts were lifted; those were both lifted this week.

— Caitlin Babcock, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of injunction

Noun

Justice Department attorneys have argued that a restraining order would be inappropriate and that the legal challenge was premature, as federal agencies had yet to issue public guidance on how the president's directive would be implemented.

— Kristina Cooke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Nearly one-third of Americans vote by mail and election officials contend there isn’t enough time to revise their systems to comply with the new Postal Service directives.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of directive

Noun

The technology was also tested against deceptive behaviour, an in a different scenario, fishing boats appeared to retreat while vessels from another direction accelerated toward the coastguard ship.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Despite years passing and their lives moving in different directions, the four come together and remember how beautiful and essential their friendship was and is.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026