Synonyms of lecturing

lecturing

verb

present participle of lecture

1

as in scolding

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

• scolding
• reprimanding
• criticizing
• blaming
• berating
• admonishing
• chastising
• upbraiding
• castigating
• attacking
• rebuking
• ragging
• mocking
• lambasting
• jawing
• reproaching
• flaying
• hammering
• calling down
• dressing down
• ranting (at)
• reaming (out)
• faulting
• scoring
• basting
• bawling out
• chiding
• railing (at or against)
• rating
• keelhauling
• tongue-lashing
• chewing out
• haranguing
• denouncing
• laying into
• condemning
• slamming
• reproving
• knocking
• reading the riot act (to)
• excoriating
• ridiculing
• lashing
• belittling
• assailing
• blasting
• taking to task
• panning
• crucifying
• censuring
• reviling
• remonstrating (with)
• disparaging
• abusing
• scoffing
• bad-mouthing
• scorning
• scourging
• lacing (into)
• dissing
• vituperating
• reprehending
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• praising
• extolling
• lauding

2

as in speaking

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

• speaking
• talking
• haranguing
• discoursing
• expatiating
• orating
• declaiming
• descanting
• holding forth
• pontificating
• taking the floor
• expounding
• sermonizing
• soliloquizing
• reciting
• mouthing
• spouting
• filibustering
• disserting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lecturing

College professors spend less time lecturing than a typical sportswriter creating fake controversies to criticize. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

If and until that day comes, there will be fingerpointing, lecturing and posturing, all of which has flowed freely in the wake of the Sorsby decision. — ABC News, 10 June 2026

One can scarcely imagine Davis agreeing to a management interview with Forbes or lecturing executives about organizational leadership. — Bill Fischer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder. — Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

At Yale, where Garber began her career, Jacques Derrida was a frequent visitor, and Paul de Man might be found down the corridor solemnly lecturing on Nietzsche. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

How do teachers carry on teaching, lecturing, checking homework and having students prepare for assessments, and how do students enjoy the pleasures that extracurricular activities bring? — Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

Should the guy who spends his spare time dodging bullets really be lecturing him on death wishes? — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026