Synonyms for reprimand
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Rebuke
rebuke, scold, admonish, reprove, chide, berate, chastise, blame, take to task, lambast UK, lamblast US, lecture, remonstrate, criticize UK US, criticise UK, castigate formal, condemn, call down informal US CA, have words, dress down, come down on, vilify, bawl out, tick off UK AU
Other
Noun
1. Admonishment
admonishment, admonition, scolding, reproof, reprobation, reprehension, reproval, upbraiding
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To reprove in a formal or official way.
- n. 1
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
Forms
- Plural
- reprimands → admonishments, admonitions, scoldings, reproofs…
- Past participle
- reprimanded
e.g. reprimanded → rebuked, scolded, admonished, reproved…
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Reprimand is official censure formally administered by a superior to one under his command.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- rebuke He took it for an implied rebuke.
- scold I cannot scold Taninna. She's still a little girl.
- admonish No words were able to admonish him.
By length
- 4 letters
- trim1
- 5 letters
- blame1, scold1, chide1
- 6 letters
- rebuke2, berate2, vilify3
- 7 letters
- lecture2, condemn2, censure2, reproof, reprove, lambast
- 8 letters
- reproach2, scolding2, chastise2, admonish3, lamblast, reproval
- 9 letters
- criticize3, criticise, castigate3, criminate
- 10 letters
- admonition4, upbraiding
- 11 letters
- remonstrate, reprobation
- 12 letters
- admonishment4, reprehension
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebuke2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- chapitrer
- Italiano
- redarguire
- Deutsch
- abkanzeln