brand

brand

noun

Definition of BRAND

1

a device (as a word) identifying the maker of a piece of merchandise and legally reserved for the exclusive use of that person or company <a company that was sued for using a name that was very similar to a rival's brand>

Synonyms brand

Related Words brand name, trade name; collective mark, emblem, hallmark, imprint, label, logo, mark, service mark, stamp; copyright, patent

2

a mark of guilt or disgrace <always felt that her shabby clothes showed the brand of poverty>

Synonyms blot, brand, onus, slur, smirch, smudge, spot, stigma, taint

Related Words black eye, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame; corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquity, licentiousness, sin, unscrupulousness, vice

Near Antonyms award, credit, honor; chasteness, chastity, modesty, purity, stainlessness; good, right; honesty, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulousness, uprightness; goodness, righteousness, virtuousness; fame, glory, renown, repute

3

a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point <on the battlefield lies our hero, slain by some fell brand>

Synonyms blade, brand, steel

Related Words broadsword, cutlass, rapier, saber (or sabre), scimitar, smallsword