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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
Phrases Synonymous with lectures
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
Words Related to lectures
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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