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present tense third-person singular of lecture
Synonyms & Antonyms of lectures
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
- the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service
Synonyms for lectures
Words Related to lectures
- abuses,
- assails,
- attacks,
- bad-mouths,
- blames,
- blasts,
- censures,
- condemns,
- criticizes,
- crucifies,
- denounces,
- disses
- [slang],
- excoriates,
- faults,
- harangues,
- knocks,
- laces (into),
- lashes,
- pans,
- reprehends,
- reviles,
- scourges,
- slams,
- vituperates
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Near Antonyms for lectures
2
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 for lectures
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Phrases Synonymous with lectures
lectures
noun
plural of lecture
Synonyms of lectures (Entry 2 of 2)
as in speeches, lessons
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for lectures
- alarms
- (also alarums),
- alerts,
- cautions,
- expostulations,
- forewarnings,
- remonstrances,
- remonstrations,
- urgings,
- warnings
- judgments
- (or judgements),
- observations,
- verdicts
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“Lectures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lectures. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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