LECTURED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

lectured

verb

past tense of lecture

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

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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

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Recent Examples of lectured Ratmoko is also a photographer, writer, and scholar who has lectured on intercultural communication schools including Yale University and the University of Zurich. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 During orientation, new hires are lectured that Kino wants to protect users from harmful images; meanwhile, their boss, Josh (Jermaine Fowler), would cut out his own spleen on camera to keep people’s eyeballs on the app. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Tyson Eckert, the fourteen-year-old, lectured about character, competence, confidence, capability, credibility, competitiveness, and courage. —

Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Thiel has previously written and lectured on the subject, arguing that the Antichrist is not necessarily a person but could come as a global government system. —

Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026 My father founded private hospitals south of Johannesburg, and my mother lectured anatomy, presiding over dissections and preparing meat dishes at home with the same attentive care — removing sinew and fat with a dedicated set of kitchen scalpels. —

Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026 Cluelessly, the Biden administration lectured Israel about its military response. —

Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026 Vance’s speech got a cool reception from European leaders who said they felt lectured. —

Jared Gans, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2026 Some of us have guest lectured in his law school class on the Arkansas Constitution, and his passion for our state's rich heritage is evident. —

Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026

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When the second player protested the contact, Nicholson scolded the player, according to one parent.

— Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Other times, Rodriguez encouraged her to sleep or scolded the Sacramento mother when stress led to too many cigarettes.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026