Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gibbet

1 sense of gibbet

Sense 1
gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous -- (alternative terms for gallows)
       => gallows -- (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gibbet

2 senses of gibbet

Sense 1
gibbet -- (hang on an execution instrument)
       => hang, string up -- (kill by hanging; "The murderer was hanged on Friday")

Sense 2
pillory, gibbet -- (expose to ridicule or public scorn)
       => expose, exhibit, display -- (to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship")