Synonyms for discipline
ˈdɪs ə plɪndis·ci·pline

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1. disciplinenoun

   Synonyms:
   drill

2. disciplineverb

   Synonyms:
   field, sphere

3. disciplineverb

   To train someone by instruction and practice.

   Synonyms:
   drill

   Antonyms:
   spontaneity

4. disciplineverb

   An enforced compliance or control

   Synonyms:
   drill

5. disciplineverb

   A systematic method of obtaining obedience

   Synonyms:
   drill

6. disciplinenoun

   To impose order on someone.

   Synonyms:
   drill

7. disciplinenoun

   A punishment to train or maintain control

   Synonyms:
   sanction, penalty

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1. discipline

   Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.

   Synonyms:
   afflict, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, humble, punish, purify, refine, soften, subdue, try

   Preposition:
   "We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.

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1. discipline

   Synonyms:
   order, strictness, training, government, instruction, drilling, control, coercion, punishment, organization

   Antonyms:
   disorder, confusion, rebellion, mutiny, encouragement, reward, disorganization

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1. discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwicknoun

   a branch of knowledge

   "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

   Synonyms:
   topic, sphere, field of study, case, champaign, written report, guinea pig, battlefield, theme, theater, subject area, survey, report, study, playing area, area, force field, subject, theater of operations, flying field, theatre of operations, field of honor, bailiwick, sketch, field of view, depicted object, theatre, battleground, subject field, airfield, playing field, national, field of force, athletic field, field of operation, landing field, field of operations, domain, correction, line of business, issue, arena, field, cogitation, field of battle, orbit, matter, work, content, plain

   Antonyms:
   undiscipline, indiscipline

2. disciplinenoun

   a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

   "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";

   Synonyms:
   subject area, subject field, correction, bailiwick, study, field, subject, field of study

   Antonyms:
   undiscipline, indiscipline

3. disciplinenoun

   the trait of being well behaved

   "he insisted on discipline among the troops"

   Synonyms:
   subject area, subject field, correction, bailiwick, study, field, subject, field of study

   Antonyms:
   undiscipline, indiscipline

4. disciplinenoun

   training to improve strength or self-control

   Synonyms:
   subject area, subject field, correction, bailiwick, study, field, subject, field of study

   Antonyms:
   indiscipline, undiscipline

5. discipline, correctionverb

   the act of punishing

   "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

   Synonyms:
   subject area, chastening, subject field, correction, bailiwick, study, field, fudge factor, chastisement, subject, rectification, field of study

   Antonyms:
   indiscipline, undiscipline

6. discipline, train, check, conditionverb

   develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

   "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

   Synonyms:
   tally, checker, rail, ensure, correct, qualify, coach, prepare, mark, watch, look into, civilise, crack, check up on, develop, go over, tick off, match, tick, fit, take, specify, stop, civilize, correspond, determine, see, groom, agree, assure, turn back, take aim, check into, train, break, trail, control, condition, check out, learn, hold back, aim, curb, direct, hold, arrest, see to it, chequer, gibe, mark off, stipulate, delay, school, hold in, check off, suss out, ascertain, find out, check over, cultivate, jibe, contain, sort out, retard, moderate, educate, insure, check

   Antonyms:
   undiscipline, indiscipline

7. discipline, correct, sort outverb

   punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

   "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, even off, classify, right, castigate, make up, compensate, shed light on, crystalise, even out, straighten out, decline, crystallise, sort, train, separate, correct, condition, assort, class, counterbalance, illuminate, clear, rectify, elucidate, even up, crystalize, adjust, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, chastise, redress, sort out, set, objurgate, slump, check

   Antonyms:
   indiscipline, undiscipline

Matched Categories

1. • Training
   • Trait

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corrective actions

   to correct one's actions

   we disciplined our child for not obeying us.

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

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1. disciplinenoun

   Synonyms:
   instruction, training, drilling, drill, exercise, education, culture, schooling, breeding

2. disciplinenoun

   Synonyms:
   subjection, control, regulation, government

3. disciplinenoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment, chastisement, correction, castigation

4. disciplineverb

   Synonyms:
   instruct, train, breed, educate, teach, drill, exercise, form, bring up

5. disciplineverb

   Synonyms:
   regulate, control, govern, school, bring under subjection

6. disciplineverb

   Synonyms:
   punish, chastise, correct, castigate

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1. disciplinenoun

   Synonyms:
   correction, chastisement, punishment, submission regulation, martinetism

   Antonyms:
   laxity, unrestraint, indulgence

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1. List of paraphrases for "discipline":

   disciplinary, disciplines, rigour, disciplined, disciplining, self-discipline, indiscipline, stringency

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1. List of known nicknames for "Discipline":

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1. Brett Ward:

   The new attendance policy is even more strict than the one that most people think is too harsh already, the steps toward discipline are fewer and it's easy for people to get into trouble, and could lead to firing.

2. Martin Luther:

   Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.

3. Brenda Sheridan:

   It’s not in our curriculum, because that would be inappropriate. It is a graduate level theory, and it would be inappropriate if a fifth grader was doing that and learning that in school, and it’s been manipulated to replace what is really equity initiatives and teaching students about their biases and teachers about their biases. And that’s what leads to discipline disproportionality and students being treated differently just based on their skin color or perhaps poverty.

4. Peter Openshaw:

   Immunology, like other cutting-edge areas of biomedical science, is a global discipline and one in which the UK excels, we currently rank first amongst the G7 nations for our research in immunity and infectious disease and are now starting to reap the benefits of our efforts, with new treatments for previously incurable diseases emerging after decades of investment and collaboration in immunological research.

5. Vince Lombardi:

   The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win. And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline.