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The Meaning of reprimand

  • (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
  • (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
  • (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

Synonyms

rebuke , reproof , reproval , reprehension , censure , criminate , call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , trounce , reproof , lecture , jaw , dress down , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out , remonstrate , chew out , chew up , have words , lambaste , lambast

Rhymes

ampersand , armband , backhand , band , bandstand , banned , beforehand , bland , bourland , brand , brande , broadband , canned , chand , command , contraband , cropland , deland , demand , disband , dixieland , dreamland , expand , fairyland , fanned , farmhand , farmland , fatherland , ferdinand , fernand , finland , firebrand , firsthand , forehand , freehand , gland , goodland , grand , grande , grandstand , grassland , greenland , hand , handstand , headband , heartland , hildebrand , hinterland , homeland , inland , laband , land , lande , lapland , lefthand , longhand , lowland , mainland , mande , manned , marchand , marshland , meadowland , midland , misunderstand , moorland , motherland , newsstand , nightstand , northland , nuland , offhand , outmanned , overland , panned , parkland , planned , queensland , quicksand , rand , remand , rhineland , samarkand , sand , secondhand , shadowland , shand , shorthand , somaliland , southland , spanned , stagehand , stand , strand , strande , streisand , tanned , thailand , timberland , undermanned , understand , unmanned , unplanned , vande , wasteland , wetland , withstand , wonderland , woodland