Synonyms & related words for hortatory

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of hortatory — including exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, admonitory, suasive, homiletic. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to hortatory

Explore words related to hortatory — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include protreptic, parenetic, protreptical, exhortation, hortation, exhorting, parenesis, admonitive. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for hortatory

Common synonyms for hortatory include exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, admonitory, suasive, homiletic, cautionary, monitory — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does hortatory come from?

The word hortatory breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: hortat, from Latin hortari (“to urge, exhort”); and -ory, from Latin orius (“pertaining to, tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.