lectures

Noun

• a speech that is open to the public
• a lengthy rebuke
• teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
• plural of lecture

Verb

• deliver a lecture or talk
• censure severely or angrily
• third-person singular simple present indicative of lecture

Synonyms

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