Synonyms of expatiate

expatiate

verb

ek-ˈspā-shē-ˌāt 

as in to speak

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expatiate

There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024

Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding. — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024

With wit and elan to spare, Greene expatiates on the intrigue that ensues when David Sparsholt, an engineering student with a fiancée, Connie, and a plan to join the Royal Air Force, arrives at Oxford in 1940. — Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2018

Alex Tizon’s essay can be read not simply as an attempt to confess a crime and expatiate his family’s guilt. — Jean M. Twenge, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2017

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