Synonyms of lecturing

lecturing

verb

present participle of lecture

1

as in scolding

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolding
• reprimanding
• criticizing
• blaming
• berating
• admonishing
• chastising
• upbraiding
• castigating
• attacking
• rebuking
• ragging
• mocking
• lambasting
• jawing
• reproaching
• flaying
• hammering
• calling down
• dressing down
• ranting (at)
• reaming (out)
• faulting
• scoring
• basting
• bawling out
• chiding
• railing (at or against)
• rating
• keelhauling
• tongue-lashing
• chewing out
• haranguing
• denouncing
• laying into
• condemning
• slamming
• reproving
• knocking
• reading the riot act (to)
• excoriating
• ridiculing
• lashing
• belittling
• assailing
• blasting
• taking to task
• panning
• crucifying
• censuring
• reviling
• remonstrating (with)
• disparaging
• abusing
• scoffing
• bad-mouthing
• scorning
• scourging
• lacing (into)
• dissing
• vituperating
• reprehending
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• praising
• indorsing
• extolling
• lauding

2

as in speaking

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speaking
• talking
• haranguing
• discoursing
• expatiating
• orating
• declaiming
• descanting
• holding forth
• pontificating
• taking the floor
• expounding
• sermonizing
• soliloquizing
• reciting
• mouthing
• spouting
• filibustering
• disserting