'Punishable' definitions:
Definition of 'punishable'
From: WordNet
adjective
Liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"
adjective
Subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: penal, punishable]
Definition of 'Punishable'
From: GCIDE
- Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.] Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. [1913 Webster]
- That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. -- Milton. [1913 Webster] -- {Pun"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'punishable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actionable,
- against the law,
- anarchic,
- anarchistic,
- anomic,
- black-market,
- bootleg,
- chargeable,
- contraband,
- contrary to law,
- criminal,
- felonious,
- flawed,
- illegal,
- illegitimate,
- illicit,
- impermissible,
- irregular,
- justiciable,
- lawless,
- nonconstitutional,
- nonlegal,
- nonlicit,
- outlaw,
- outlawed,
- triable,
- unallowed,
- unauthorized,
- unconstitutional,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- unlawful,
- unofficial,
- unstatutory,
- unwarrantable,
- unwarranted,
- wrongful
Words containing 'Punishable'
- Punish,
- Punishableness,
- Punished,
- Punisher,
- Punishing,
- Punishment,
- punishingly,
- Canonical punishments,
- Corporal punishment,
- Draconian punishment,
- capital punishment,
- instrument of punishment,
- cruel and unusual punishment,
- self-punishment,
- freedom from cruel and unusual punishment,
- arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome