Synonyms of lecture

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verb

1

as in to scold

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

• scold
• reprimand
• blame
• criticize
• call down
• berate
• chew out
• rail (at or against)
• jaw
• ream (out)
• lambast
• rag
• dress down
• rant (at)
• mock
• bawl out
• upbraid
• admonish
• attack
• rebuke
• fault
• lay into
• chastise
• rate
• reproach
• castigate
• score
• flay
• keelhaul
• read the riot act (to)
• tongue-lash
• lambaste
• hammer
• take to task
• baste
• harangue
• remonstrate (with)
• diss
• chide
• condemn
• censure
• knock
• denounce
• slam
• reprove
• blast
• excoriate
• lash
• pan
• ridicule
• scourge
• revile
• abuse
• crucify
• lace (into)
• scorn
• disparage
• scoff
• reprehend
• assail
• vituperate
• belittle
• dis
• bad-mouth
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• sanction
• indorse
• endorse
• praise
• extol
• laud
• extoll

2

as in to speak

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

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

lecture

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noun

as in sermon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sermon
• lesson
• speech
• exhortation
• recommendation
• data
• information
• suggestion
• feedback
• solution
• tip
• pointer
• answer
• consideration
• teaching
• thought
• briefing
• advisement
• observation
• hint
• warning
• judgement
• instruction
• remonstrance
• verdict
• assistance
• expostulation
• remonstration
• tutoring
• forewarning
• alert
• mentoring
• coaching
• alarm
• alarum
• judgment
• priming
• cautioning
• prompting
• direction
• caution
• urging

Examples of lecture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Over the next decade, Jackson lectured across Great Britain, as many Black abolitionists did, including Frederick Douglass. —Susanna Ashton, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024

This makes the conversation a group of people talking about the wonders of the world rather than one person seemingly lecturing, even though that’s not your intent. —R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024

Noun

Athletes will meet with professors at the start of each semester to go over their travel schedules and arrange to watch lectures live remotely or on tape. —Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024

Cardigans While the weather may still be warm now, the lecture classrooms and libraries on campus tend to be quite cold with the air conditioningC always blasting. —Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 1 Aug. 2024