Synonyms of lectured

lectured

verb

past tense of lecture

1

as in scolded

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

• scolded
• reprimanded
• criticized
• blamed
• berated
• admonished
• chastised
• upbraided
• castigated
• rebuked
• attacked
• lambasted
• mocked
• reproached
• ragged
• reamed (out)
• flayed
• called down
• laid into
• faulted
• chewed out
• hammered
• rated
• scored
• dressed down
• bawled out
• keelhauled
• railed (at or against)
• ranted (at)
• jawed
• basted
• tongue-lashed
• harangued
• condemned
• denounced
• slammed
• lashed
• read the riot act (to)
• excoriated
• assailed
• ridiculed
• censured
• reproved
• reviled
• disparaged
• knocked
• panned
• took to task
• belittled
• crucified
• blasted
• remonstrated (with)
• scoffed
• abused
• chid
• reprehended
• scourged
• vituperated
• bad-mouthed
• scorned
• dissed
• laced (into)
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• praised
• extolled
• lauded

2

as in spoke

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

• spoke
• talked
• harangued
• discoursed
• expatiated
• declaimed
• orated
• held forth
• descanted
• took the floor
• pontificated
• expounded
• sermonized
• recited
• soliloquized
• spouted
• mouthed
• disserted
• filibustered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lectured

Michael Woroniecki lectured about Satan being a very powerful force. —Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026

If someone senses they’re being lectured or criticized, their walls will go up, and the conversation will stall. —Devon Kuntzman, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026

But this season’s 49ers team was lectured from the start to back off on the Super Bowl talk after last year’s 6-11 debacle and instead work on simply becoming a good team that gets better every week. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025

Meanwhile, Cheen also lectured on the music industry across Asia and Australia. —Andrew McGowan, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025

Clarke and his business partner sold photographs and films, wrote and lectured about their adventures, and began treasure hunting. —Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025

Vance lectured Zelenskyy and argued the wartime leader hadn’t shown proper gratitude for the billions of dollars in military assistance the United States has given to his country. —Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

We weren’t being lectured to anymore. —Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025