lecture

/lˈɛktʃɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. deliver a lecture or talk
   “She will talk at Rutgers next week”
2. censure severely or angrily
   “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”

noun

1. a speech that is open to the public
   “he attended a lecture on telecommunications”
2. a lengthy rebuke
   “a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline”
3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

Synonyms for lecture

• talk
• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• scold
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• remonstrate
• chew out
• public lecture
• speech
• talking to
• lecturing

Words that rhyme with lecture

• architecture
• conjecture
• prefecture