Synonyms of lectures

lectures 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lecture

1

as in scolds

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

• scolds
• reprimands
• criticizes
• blames
• calls down
• scores
• upbraids
• reams (out)
• dresses down
• attacks
• faults
• berates
• rebukes
• rails (at or against)
• reproaches
• rags
• lays into
• bawls out
• rants (at)
• jaws
• admonishes
• mocks
• chastises
• takes to task
• rates
• tongue-lashes
• castigates
• keelhauls
• lambastes
• flays
• hammers
• chews out
• reads the riot act (to)
• bastes
• harangues
• remonstrates (with)
• chides
• lashes
• abuses
• pans
• condemns
• slams
• censures
• reprehends
• excoriates
• knocks
• denounces
• reproves
• ridicules
• scourges
• blasts
• reviles
• vituperates
• crucifies
• laces (into)
• disparages
• scoffs
• assails
• belittles
• bad-mouths
• scorns
• disses
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• sanctions
• praises
• extols
• lauds

2

as in speaks

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

• speaks
• talks
• discourses
• harangues
• expatiates
• declaims
• orates
• descants
• holds forth
• takes the floor
• soliloquizes
• sermonizes
• pontificates
• recites
• expounds
• mouths
• disserts
• spouts
• filibusters

lectures

2 of 2

noun

plural of lecture

as in sermons

Related Words

• sermons
• lessons
• speeches
• exhortations
• recommendations
• data
• information
• feedback
• suggestions
• solutions
• tips
• pointers
• observations
• teachings
• thoughts
• answers
• considerations
• briefings
• hints
• alarms
• instructions
• warnings
• alerts
• advisements
• expostulations
• remonstrances
• remonstrations
• verdicts
• forewarnings
• urgings
• judgments
• assistances
• directions
• promptings
• cautions
• primings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lectures

Verb

When not writing, May frequently lectures on the politics and policies of mass incarceration for university classes, academic conferences, and online events. —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026

With me, my wife lectures me more than my children. —Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026

The van’s speakers played a high-volume mashup of construction sounds, Jordan Peterson lectures, Marine Corps drills, and mumbling voices. —Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

Assistive listening studies report that bypassing room acoustics and delivering audio directly can improve signal‑to‑noise ratios by 15–20 dB, making announcements comprehensible and lectures clearer [8]. —IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026

Simon Maghakyan lectures on the 20th anniversary of the destruction of Djulfa in December 2025. —Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026

In her car, Jessica Gabriel’s Lady is an avid listener of DJ Revolution, a fictional radio DJ who lectures passionately about the struggles of modern-day life in Nigeria. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026

Hands-on activities ground new knowledge in ways that lectures and reading often cannot. —Emma Marcucci, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026

The same government that lectures Beijing about state capitalism and nonmarket behaviors now practices it at home. —Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025