WORD OF ADVICE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

Example:

his final word of advice was not to play with matches

Synonyms:

admonition; monition; warning; word of advice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("word of advice" is a kind of...):

advice (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "word of advice"):

deterrent example; example; lesson; object lesson (punishment intended as a warning to others)