punisher C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈpʌnɪʃɚ/ UK /ˈpʌnɪʃə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or thing that inflicts punishment He cast himself as the punisher of every petty wrongdoer. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or thing that... penalizeravengerchastiserdisciplinarian Word family Related forms punishpunishmentpunitivepunition Etymology AI details From punish + -er; punish derives from Old French punir, from Latin punire ('to punish'), from poena ('penalty'). punir Old French punire Latin poena Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # punisher **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpʌnɪʃɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpʌnɪʃə/ ## Meanings 1. a person or thing that inflicts punishment ## Examples - He cast himself as the punisher of every petty wrongdoer. ## Synonyms - penalizer - avenger - chastiser - disciplinarian ## Related Forms - punish - punishment - punitive - punition ## Roots and Affixes - Root: punir - Root: punire - Root: poena ## Etymology From punish + -er; punish derives from Old French punir, from Latin punire ('to punish'), from poena ('penalty'). ## AI Etymology Punisher is from punish + -er; punish derives from Old French punir, from Latin punire ('to punish'), from poena ('penalty'). Important recorded forms include punir (Old French), punire (Latin), and poena (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person or thing that inflicts punishment. The wider family includes related words such as punish, punishment, punitive, and punition. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown