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

Earhart lectured at the school before embarking on her final flight. — News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Luann patiently attempts to explain that the women don’t like being lectured to about their business affairs, only for Vicki to abruptly answer a phone call mid-conversation. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

We’re also lectured early on that Cole is a chess master, but his alleged intelligence never pays off. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

None of that made it into the discussion before Wilder lectured the girls about how to think. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Parsipur taught at Brown University in the early 2000s and lectured internationally throughout the ensuing decades. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026

Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Member of the UK Association of Jungian Analysts, and has taught and lectured at many academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

It was also being lectured by people who presented a formulaic perspective on a complicated future that the class of 2026 is already navigating. — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

For years, states such as New York and California have been run by politicians who seem to believe prosperity is permanent — an endless resource to be taxed a little more, regulated a little harder and lectured a little longer. — Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026