lecture

Meanings

• a speech that is open to the public
  • "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
• a lengthy rebuke
  • "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"
• teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
• deliver a lecture or talk
  • "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
• censure severely or angrily

Synonyms

bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecturing, public lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, speech, take to task, talk, talking to, trounce