brand

1. 1.

   burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

   Broadermark
2. 2.

   to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

   “He denounced the government action”

   “She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock”

   Synonymsstigmatizestigmatisedenouncemark

   Broaderlabel
3. 3.

   mark with a brand or trademark

   “when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price”

   Synonymstrademarkbrandmark

   Broadertag
4. 4.

   mark or expose as infamous

   “She was branded a loose woman”

   Synonymspost

   Broadercall

Other forms of brand

plural

brands·

past tense

branded·

present participle

branding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about brand

What does brand mean?

brand means "a name given to a product or service". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brand?

brand has 1 syllable: brand. In IPA it is /ˈbɹænd/.

What is another word for brand?

Close synonyms include trade name, brand name, marque, make, firebrand. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brand a common word?

brand is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with brand?

2 words rhyme with brand. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.