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

1 sense of punish

Sense 1
punish, penalize, penalise -- (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again")

Antonyms of adj punished

1 sense of punished

Sense 1
punished (vs. unpunished) -- (subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience))

unpunished (vs. punished) -- (not punished; "would he forget the crime and let it go unpunished?")
        => uncorrected, undisciplined -- (not subjected to correction or discipline; "let her children grow up uncorrected")

Similarity of adj punished

1 sense of punished

Sense 1
punished (vs. unpunished) -- (subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience))
       => tarred-and-feathered (prenominal) -- (smeared with tar and covered with feathers as a punishment; "the poor tarred-and-feathered wretch")