reprimand

1. 1.

   an act or expression of criticism and censure

   “he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face”

   Synonymsrebukereproofreprovalreprehension

   Broadercriticism

   Narrowerriot actchidingwhat forcastigationberatingreproachlecturecorrectionadmonition

Other forms of reprimand

plural

reprimands·

past tense

reprimanded·

present participle

reprimanding·

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 reprimand

What does reprimand mean?

reprimand means "rebuke formally". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reprimand?

reprimand has 3 syllables: rep-ri-mand. The stress falls on "rep". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛpɹəˌmænd/.

What is another word for reprimand?

Close synonyms include censure, criminate, call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke. 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 reprimand a common word?

reprimand is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 reprimand?

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