Definition of lecture

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• lecture is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• lecture is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• lecture is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of lecture

• censure severely or angrily (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bawl out
  2. berate
  3. call down
  4. call on the carpet
  5. chew out
  6. chew up
  7. chide
  8. dress down
  9. have words
  10. jaw
  11. lambast
  12. lambaste
  13. rag
  14. rebuke
  15. remonstrate
  16. reprimand
  17. scold
  18. take to task
  19. trounce
• teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. lecturing
• deliver a lecture or talk (verb)

  Examples

  1. Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

  Synonyms

  1. talk
• a speech that is open to the public (noun)

  Examples

  1. he attended a lecture on telecommunications

  Synonyms

  1. public lecture
  2. talk
• a lengthy rebuke (noun)

  Examples

  1. a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline

  Synonyms

  1. speech
  2. talking to

See definition of lecture in Merriam Webster