Synonyms of discoursing

discoursing

verb

present participle of discourse

1

as in speaking

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

the guest lecturer discoursed at some length on the long-term results of the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in declaiming

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech

grandly discoursed as though he were an expert on every subject

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speaking
• declaiming
• talking
• haranguing
• orating
• preaching
• lecturing
• mouthing (off)
• ranting
• announcing
• perorating
• raving
• proclaiming
• pronouncing
• advertising
• bloviating
• broadcasting
• sermonizing
• declaring
• blowing
• speechifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of discoursing

From the whitewashing controversy to the toxic love to the daring costumes, the discourse is going to be discoursing. — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 13 Feb. 2026