Synonyms of declaim

declaim

verb

di-ˈklām 

1

as in to speak

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speak
• lecture
• talk
• orate
• expatiate
• harangue
• discourse
• descant
• hold forth
• soliloquize
• take the floor
• recite
• sermonize
• expound
• pontificate
• mouth
• spout
• dissert
• filibuster

2

as in to harangue

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech

he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speak
• harangue
• orate
• discourse
• mouth (off)
• talk
• preach
• announce
• proclaim
• rant
• lecture
• pronounce
• perorate
• rave
• advertise
• sermonize
• declare
• bloviate
• speechify
• broadcast
• blow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of declaim

More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026

But expect more than a few awards pundits to declaim that the Academy, finally, has no other choice but to present Park Chan-wook with his first Oscar nomination. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025

Does Joyce’s fellow drama kid Alan (Eric Wiegand) hoist a skull aloft and declaim some Shakespeare in a bad English accent? — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025

The Koreans have a lesson to share with those whose intellectuals, driven by identity and the metaphysics of difference, declaim ownership of the Enlightenment and its legacy. — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024