Cautionary
Cautionary adjective - Serving as or offering a warning.
Usage example: the story of King Midas is a cautionary tale about the perils of wishing for something—you just might get it
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Synonyms for Cautionary
Didactic and cautionary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Didactic" instead an adjective "Cautionary".
Nearby Word: caution
Didactic
Didactic adjective - Marked by or given to preaching moral values.
Usage example: the poet's works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion
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Synonyms for Didactic
Cautionary and didactic are semantically related. You can use "Cautionary" instead an adjective "Didactic".
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Related pairs
- helpful and cautionary
- helpful and didactic
- sententious and cautionary
- sententious and didactic
- informative and cautionary
- informative and didactic
- exemplary and cautionary
- exemplary and didactic
- revealing and cautionary
- revealing and didactic
- useful and cautionary
- useful and didactic
- warning and cautionary
- warning and didactic
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